November 16, 2012 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with that comes much planning. Deciding on the menu, ordering the turkey, multiple trips to the store, ironing table linens, preparing for out of town guests, etc. Whether you do a traditional dinner or experiment year to year with new, adventurous dishes, there is one question that remains [...]
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November 2, 2012 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
Nikki Nelson, an owner of Liquid Farm, shared some of her thoughts on the 2012 harvest. Liquid Farm is producing old-world inspired, mineral driven Chardonnays exclusively out of the Sta. Rita Hills. We highly recommend you becoming familiar with this label and enjoying their unique wines before they reach cult status. The Great Yield Debate. [...]
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October 7, 2011 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
By John Dragonette In 2003, in a sudden and hasty decision, we decided to look for wine grapes so we could make a barrel of wine (Syrah). For fun. A do it yourself project. Some home brew, if you will. We love Rhone varietals, so Santa Barbara County was an obvious choice to find grapes. [...]
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July 26, 2011 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
You are what you eat. Dogs look like their owners. Clothes make the man. All of these ‘judge a book by its cover’ observations are important, but the most under-appreciated and possibly most critical telltale sign about you as a man…..what is in your glass of wine! So follow me on a massively stereotypical and [...]
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November 23, 2010 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
The Dragonette Cellars logo represents the old alchemist symbol for the “elixir of life” or “drinkable gold,” and although founders John and Steve Dragonette and close friend Brandon Sparks-Gillis, don’t promise liquid gold, they do promise the utmost quality and purity from the finest vineyards in Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast to create [...]
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October 6, 2010 | Posted by Jen @ Dragonette Cellars
Well, everyone seems to agree…..This weather has been crazy. An extremely mild summer already had people asking over and over again, “What does it mean for the grapes?”. The crazy heat wave of a week ago definitely got everyone’s attention. It seemed like everyone in the valley (winemakers as well as wine drinkers) was talking [...]
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