Barrel Tasting Weekends! 

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Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley Barrel Tasting is now TWO weekends. Martin Family Vineyards will be joining over 100 of our neighbors this March 2, 3, and 4, and March 9, 10, and 11, 2007 with wine thieves ready, and barrels unbunged! We will be open each Friday and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 […]

Exceptional - Dan Berger’s Vintage Experiences 

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Volume X, Issue 34 - October 19, 2006
Exceptional
2003 Martin Family Cabernet Sauvignon, Rockpile: Spice and some oak notes, but with fine tannins and good balance. Young; should benefit from decanting. To order call 707-433-9545. Gold Medal at the 2006 Sonoma County Harvest Fair Wine Competition.

Of Rain, Fire, Heat, and Fog 

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This has been a season of the elements - we have experienced first hand every element known to man in the past few months, some good, some not. But here we are standing tall and better people for it.
It started with one of the wettest springs in history. It rained proverbial torrents through the early […]

Ramblings of a Mad Winemaker 

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There is nothing like climbing on a tractor to make me feel like a kid again. We are clearing some brush from along Dry Creek behind our winery to open up the beautiful creek area. Every night I get to come home and climb on and play with my big, real life Tonkas. I […]

Wacky Wine Names from Around the World 

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Ten Minutes By Tractor (Australia)
The Ball Buster (Australia)
F*****G Good Red Wine (Australia)  Do we see a pattern developing here?
Jesus Juice (California)
Frogs Piss (France)
Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush (New Zealand)
Blasted Church (Canada)
Mad Housewife (Calif)
Scraping the Barrel (Spain)
The Unpronounceable Grape—Cserszegi Fuszeres (Hungary)
Dog’s Bollocks (Where else but Oz?)
Sinister Hand (Calif)
What the Dickens (South Africa)
Ideal with Friends (Calif)
The […]

My Favorite Martin - Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten 

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“Let’s Go To The Caribbean!!!”
As the harvest comes to an end, we find our minds drifting off to faraway places for a few weeks of rest and relaxation. What better place to go than this month’s “My Favorite Martin” - St. Martin/Sint Maarten. While in reality we won’t make it as far as this […]