1984 Meeker Zin lands in the hands of a local wine collector

Lucas was recently contacted by wine collector, Phillip Pasqualino in Oakland, about a unique find. After responding to an ad on Craigslist about 50 bottles of "old wine" someone had been storing, Phillip drove to San Ramon to pick up the load. The Craigslist poster ended up just giving him the bottles for the trouble of driving out to his home.

 

Here is one of the bottles he found: Read more about 1984 Meeker Zin lands in the hands of a local wine collector

Harvest Wrap-Up from Charlie

The rain forecast mentioned in my previous harvest report (Saturday, Oct. 20 – “A Tsunami of Great Grapes”) arrived as predicted on Monday, Oct. Read more about Harvest Wrap-Up from Charlie

Harvest Report: A Tsunami of Great Grapes

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 producing high quality wine grapes – a nice spring with no significant problems; a moderate summer with warm days, cool nights, no high temperature heat spikes, and no rain; and to date, a continuation of summer weather into the fall. Read more about Harvest Report: A Tsunami of Great Grapes

June Tribe Newsletter & Winery Update

For the full Tribe Newsletter & tasting notes, click here. In the meantime, enjoy the nature report:

This nature report is a bedtime story – not to worry, it will still be rated PG-13 – about the current sleeping arrangements in Molly and Charlie’s bedroom. Since Austin has joined the DCVS&NP, things are getting very cozy. On any given night, Molly and Charlie, Austin (70 pounds), Vivie (the bichon fries and 15 pounds), as well as at least one cat, if not two, are present in the king size bed. Charlie has recently determined that he is allergic to Vivie, so when she tries to cuddle up next to him (a rare occurrence – she usually sleeps on Molly’s pillow, wrapped around her head), he protests. Therefore, a Maginot Line, the Mason-Dixon Line, an invisible Great Wall of China, if you will, has been created down the center of the bed. When Charlie feels something with paw pads press up against his back in the middle of the night, a variation on the following conversation occurs: Read more about June Tribe Newsletter & Winery Update

Announcement: Lucas J Cellars Wine Club

As many of you know, with my parents' blessings, I started my own wine label, Lucas J. Cellars a few years ago, making mostly Pinot Noir.  This is in addition to continuing my work at Meeker.  Since I started in 2007, I've slowly expanded production and have begun to make wine from several new vineyards. Read more about Announcement: Lucas J Cellars Wine Club

April Update: New Wines

 
Spring has arrived, and we are very excited to announce new wines! For you Tribe members,  in your April Tribe shipment. We are also thrilled to share more info on upcoming Tribe-Only events at the winery.
 
April Tribe Shipment
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February Tribe Newsletter

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. Read more about February Tribe Newsletter

November Tribe Newsletter & Letter from Charlie

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 with the motion picture project I mentioned in the last newsletter and with our inclement fall weather.

I’ve been actively involved with growing grapes and/or making wine in Sonoma County since 1977, and 2011 has without question been the most difficult grape growing and harvesting year in all that period of time. It started cold and remained unusually cool throughout the spring and summer. As a result, bud break was very late and grape maturation quite slow. A factual example will make the point. Verasion – the period when green grapes turn red for the red varietals – normally starts around June and is finished in late June or early July. This year, however, verasion generally didn’t begin until late July, or August, or worse -- we were contracted to purchase grapes from a Sonoma County vineyard that didn’t even begin verasion until September. So grape maturity was at least a month behind, and significantly more than that in most cases.

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