I was sitting down in front of the fire with my mom and her laptop the other night, and as we were scrolling through Facebook, I noticed some of the gratitude posts that other folks were posting. That got me thinking that I have so much to be thankful for: I have two amazing parents, […]
I know at least some of you saw the harvesting fun that we had over the past few weeks. For us folks in the wine industry, the harvest is the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work pruning and training vines, examining and treating any pests, wrapping rows in netting to protect the grapes […]
Boy, oh boy, have we been busy here at Brix & Columns. Hurricane Florence was scheduled to bring a deluge of water to the Shenandoah Valley, and Jeanette didn’t want to risk letting the grapes stay on the vines. Mom, Gene, and everyone they recruited to help them worked all day for many days to […]
Oh boy, oh boy, yesterday was an exciting day here at the vineyard. All of the staff came over after closing hours for a bit of on-site training. The field trip started with a reminder to all staff that, due to recent treatments, they may not to eat directly from any vines except Chambourcin. This […]
When Mom and Dad brought home a load of Cabernet Franc last month, I kept hearing them talk about bottle shock… What in the world?! The only thing I want to be shocking about the wine coming from Brix & Columns is how delicious it is! Apparently this “bottle shock” can manifest in a couple […]
You may have seen that one of our wines is taking a trip this week. I would love to vacation, but for some reason I always seem to get stuck at home instead. “You’re too big, Winston,” they say, or “Why don’t you stay home and guard the house?” I guess it never occurred to […]
If there is a wine that has been the talk of the tasting room lately, it is our Petit Manseng. I hear people talking about how delicious it is and how they have never heard of that varietal before. Fact be told, people are talking about our newest white ALMOST as much as they are […]
Let it be known that an old dog can always learn new tricks! The other night, Mom and Dad had just popped open a bottle of our newest white wine, Petit Manseng, and I heard them start talking about the wine diamonds. What?! Diamonds in wine? Now, believe me, having been the overseer at many […]
Once you have realized that I am not a Holstein calf or a miniature horse, you don’t have to look very hard to see that I am a big, loving dog with a large, welcoming heart. Even with all of the loving and giving that I dole out at the vineyard (like greeting you at […]
You know what they say! It’s a dog’s life! I know I have it good, I’ve got a mom and dad who love me very much, I’ve got rolling hills of land to run around on, and I even have my own blog. You might think that it couldn’t get better than that, but think […]
