Radical Rants by Richard

Last June I wrote that I was now back and would be a regular blogger. Well, here I am, and I am here to report that there have been many changes over the summer; first I'll get you caught up with that. In July, Bruce Harrison left for various reasons, but then Tony Dodd joined us after many years of absence...an event that pleased me greatly since Tony and I bantered with each other and always had a great time in the tasting room. Sadly, Tony collapsed with a major heart attack on Labor Day morning and passed away...Tony will be greatly missed. Several weeks later Desire moved on to work for another winery in Napa Valley.

Through all of these challenges we have kept moving forward and added many wonderful programs to enhance the experience of Graeser Winery, and I thank all of my departed staff for their contribution to our new selection, each one added a great deal to our efforts to enhance the Graeser experience. We are now doing blending seminars in which you learn how and why to blend wine, and actually blend your own formula, taking a bottle of your wine home with you. We keep the formula and will reproduce it for you on demand. Weather permitting we offer a vineyard hike around the vineyard and a wine and cheese pairing at the top of the hill, or a sit down private tasting in our historic dining room. As part of our regular tasting experience (when we're not slammed with thirsty customers) we offer a tour of  our historic 1888 Italian farmhouse-style estate home and a tasting out of the barrel in the cellar. Our customers really seem to enjoy the experience, which keeps them buying wine (which is what we like!). Going forward I'll try to keep you all up-to-date on a regular basis, so my intention is to Blog at least once a week (or more often) if possible.

You can make the dust or eat the dust.  I will write again soon.

Richard