by Charlie Meeker | Oct 22, 2012 | Charlie's Stories |
We are enjoying an excellent harvest at the Meeker winery. It’s too early right now for a final evaluation, but indications so far are that this year will be an outstanding Sonoma County vintage. The weather in Sonoma County this year has been almost perfect for...
by Charlie Meeker | Feb 27, 2012 | Charlie's Stories, Molly's Nature Reports, Updates |
We’re proud to share the February 2012 Tribe wines with great newsletter stories from Molly & Charlie. Enjoy the tasting notes, nature report and winemaker’s update by clicking here. To get you started, here’s a great story from Charlie. Tribe:...
by Kelly Meeker | Nov 30, 2011 | Charlie's Stories, Newsletters |
You’re here to find the November Tribe Newsletter and note from Charlie, right? You’re in the right place! Tribe: I first want to apologize for my very brief comments in the last Tribe newsletter. The past several months have kept me unusually busy – both...
by Charlie Meeker | Mar 20, 2011 | Charlie's Stories |
In 1975 I had the pleasure of hearing Joe Swan speak at the first University of California at Davis winemaking seminar I attended. In my mind, and that of many other aspiring winemakers, Joe Swan was already a living legend who had planted his own vineyard in Sonoma...
by Charlie Meeker | Nov 28, 2010 | Charlie's Stories |
Within weeks after Philip Spalding and I got our ton of 1975 Cabernet, I took Molly to see Dry Creek Valley, and she too fell in love with it. The valley, which runs northwest from Healdsburg in Northern Sonoma County, is about 11 miles long, but only half a mile or...
by Charlie Meeker | Nov 25, 2010 | Charlie's Stories |
In July 1975, about two months after we had first met, Molly and I were walking in a shopping area near the Los Angeles Airport and passed a home winemaking shop. There was a sign taped besides the entrance: “ORDER YOUR NAPA WINE GRAPES NOW!” Molly saw the...
