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Bottling our 2019 Garnacha Blanca and 2017 Petite Sirah

1/1/2021

 
Folks ask all the time about when’s the slow part of the season.  Well, when you have vineyards and a winery to keep up with, and host public tastings three days per week, the fact is - there really isn’t any down time! 

We recently bottled our 2019 Garnacha Blanca and 2017 Petite Sirah. The GB was fermented on-skins, (like red grapes), which creates an interesting texture and slightly orange-amber color.  The PS aged in American barrels for 3-years, then racked into tank, where it settled for several months.  They both tasted beautiful while sampling on the bottling line (love working in the winery, where drinking on the job is encouraged), and will only get better in the bottle.

As we ring in a new year, we’re planning to start barreling-down all the new wines, and put them to rest.  They already taste and smell amazing, and should be incredible in a few years.
Next-up, we’re planning to bottle the 2019 Cotes du Placer.  And, so it continues, with no real down-time in sight.
Bottling Garnacha Blanca
PaZa Bottling Party
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Goodbye 2020

1/1/2021

 
Wine Glass at the vineyard
​My email box and various social media platforms have been full of -good riddance 2020 & here’s to a much  better 2021 messages and posts. While 2020 was certainly a huge challenge to the way we do business, especially in the wine industry, and how we lived our daily lives, there were certainly bright moments and lessons to bring with us to this new year.
During the various stages of quarantine, shelter in place, levels of reopening, and brief periods of business as “almost” usual, I had many insightful and inspiring conversations with customers, friends, and peers in the wine and beverage industry.  Everyone was trying to figure out the new normal and happy to share both their successes and challenges. During the various stages of re-opening, I was able to visit friends and industry professionals in Napa, Sonoma, Lodi, Amador, and here in Placer County. I realized early on what a small world it had become, it did not matter if I was talking to someone working for a large cooperate winery, brewery, bar, or restaurant; we were all in a similar boat. Everyone was trying to figure out each day, how to do business, and stay in business during a pandemic.  Laughter, sometimes tears of frustration, and ideas were exchanged, and I realized yet again that we are truly in this together and what an amazing community we have become. So goodbye 2020 and cheers to 2021, I hope to see you all down at The Shed real soon.
Cyndie

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*Holiday Hours 2022*

Friday 12/23: 12-5 PM
Christmas Eve: Closed
Christmas Day: Closed
12/31 -NYE: 12-5 PM
1/1/23- NYD: 12-5 PM

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