The Old Vine

We are now, or at least should be, in the home stretch of the 2011 growing season.  As you drive along Hwy 29 the vineyards are lush with green foliage, trimmed and thinned neatly and taking in every drop of sunlight and degree.  Veraison has begun in some of the warmer parts of Napa Valley [...]

Mixed Blacks The Girard Mixed Blacks is one of our least understood and most under-appreciated wine we make. That’s really a shame because it’s a really fine red wine with incredible complexity, yet very approachable with a full body and soft tannins. However, when we talk about our Mixed Blacks, we often get some sideways [...]

This past week I went to visit Girard’s Carpy Vineyard. When I found out where it was located, I realized that I have driven past it many times and never knew that it was one of our vineyards. It’s one of the many vineyards we have in the Napa Valley and this one in particular [...]

It’s March. Spring is around the corner. We turned our clocks forward. And the vineyards should be pruned by now. This past week, I followed our winemaker, Zach Long, out to a vineyard close by to learn more about vineyards, pruning and growing grapes. It was such a beautiful location that I had to make [...]