Wine and cheese tasting December 16th in San Francisco

FYI- I'm actually doing a couple golf lessons in my San Francisco indoor studio on 456 Montgomery St. today. At about four I'm welcoming you to come in and check out my wine and enjoy a couple cheeses. Call if you're coming, 707-529-6458.

Next week- I'm putting into bottle a couple barrels of my 2007 Dry Creek Valley Merlot next week. It's really pretty cool how wines can be so different from barrel to barrel. It just so happened that these two barrels stood out from the rest. It's a big Merlot ready for the bottle and to be enjoyed.

We're making the 19th Hole wines up in Sebastopol, California (Russian River AVA) about a half mile from Merry Edwards and a mile from Iron Horse. It's a low key winery that has a good feel to it. Here's the location. Give me a call sometime and I can meet you up there and you taste some of my wines.

This next week we're going to press down some Cabernet Sauvignon I picked in Knight's Valley (just north of renowned Chateau Montelena in Calistoga), and if grapes make better wine from being grown in beautiful places, this wine will be a 100.

This will be our first year with this fruit and I'm going to try this fruit for a few years to learn how to produce it. So this year we will experiment by doing various different things with it to see how it develops (ie new oak vs. partial oak).

Holiday Greetings to the 19th Hole Wine Club

Merry Christmas everyone!

Here's a Lexycast (an audio holiday greeting),

A fun gift for a golfer, the Clip-on Pro. They'll clip "tip-at-glance" booklet to their golf bag.
Right now any wine orders includes one of these at no additional cost. Check out our Christmas gift ideas.

Again Merry Christmas!

Nine and Wine at Presidio in San Francisco

Nine and Wine Friday December 11 4:30- 6:00

Wear your goofiest golf outfit to Presidio Golf Course

I'll be in full Loud Mouth gear (because it's fun) and putting on a nine hole putting contest at Presidio Friday afternoon from 4:30 till dark (about 5:00) and I've got some cool prizes for the top finishers.

1. See More putter (Zach Johnson's brand)
2. Free pass for a one-hour golf lesson or Napa class
3. NIke golf bag
4. Two bottle set of 19th Hole wine in a gift box


After the game we'll have a glass of wine at the Presidio 19th Hole. You can try any of my wines (Cab, Chardonnay, Tempranillo and Merlot).

The Art and Balance of the Punch Down

Aside from a beautiful French accent Andres Krueger, who consults the making of my 19th Hole Cabernet, he also shows amazing balance treading around the balance beam like edge of the grape bins. Freshman shouldn't try this without some guide of safety line!



Call us right away at 707-529-6458 if you'd like to stock up on some of our wines for the holidays. I'm running a special on my 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (from Lodi) for $10 a bottle and I guarantee you'll like it.

Wine Production Party in Sonoma County

Looks like we're picking and making wine October 24 in Sebastopol (close to Santa Rosa). We're getting some premium Alexander Valley fruit.

Anybody who'd like to be part of the crew is welcome. You can pick and see how it all gets done. After we'll do some barrel tasting and munch on some tasty food.

$50 includes food and plenty of wine. If you'd like to join in call us at 707-529-6458.

President's Cup 19th Hole at Beach Chalet

I'm setting up a 19th Hole this next Wednesday, October 7 for the President's Cup. We're meeting at 5:30 at the Beach Chalet (about a mile from Harding Park). Come on out for a glass of wine.

New video shot from the vineyard in September

Hi everyone,

We shot a new video in the vineyard last week, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ8U0yFXs9c

It looks like we'll be making a high end Cabernet Sauvignon toward the end of October. Come on out and help us make wine!