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Artwork by Isabella Alessio I once had a Capay Valley Tempranillo that I particularly liked, so I hunted down some grapes with good expectations. This put me in touch with the Spurlocks of Full Moon Vineyard. I bought 300lbs from them; most of which ended up in the “Influenza” blend 2 Cases Produced […] Artwork by Isabella Alessio This wine did not start out intending to be a desert wine. I bought 100lbs of Petite Sirah intending on using it as a blender with my Zin, and whatever else needed it. I figured that I could use it 2 years running, and then bottle whatever was left at […] This was intended to be an IPA – but I changed my process and think I also got some crystal malt that was darker than usual. More bitter than I like, and more brown than I like. Artwork by Isabella Alessio Like drinking a glass of flowers. Most of this years Grenache made it into the Red Roan. 1.5 cases reserved and bottled as a varietal. Amador County Artwork by Michelangelo Alessio This wine came about when I had the siphon-slinkie incident: I was siphoning the Wine Tree Farm Syrah free run off the gross lees, and got distracted by my contractor. Unbeknownst to me, as I was talking about flooring; The siphon hose fell out of the (now empty) top vessel, […] |
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Real food does not pretend to be something else…butter not margarine sugar not splenda cheese not cheese-food bacon not facon hamburgers not garden burgers hot dogs not soy dogs coffee comes from beans, not flavour crystals and just say no to decaf! never mind the abomination of na beerCopyright © 2026 Michael Alessio - All Rights Reserved |
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