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Marshal’s Vineyard Tasting Room Over View
I can not say how excited I am to post these videos. We Spent 2 hours at Marshal’s Vineyard. As a result there are 3 videos we have made. This video is a quick overview of going to the tasting …
Tasting Wine In Prosser – A quick overview
These are 3 clips stitched together. This illustrates that there is a central cluster of tasting rooms that is still being developed right off the highway in Prosser. There are a bounty of tasting rooms though, dashed throughout the area. …
Pontin Del Roza
Pontin Del Roza is under construction in this video, but if they keep working in a similar fashion, it should be a superb tasting room inside and out. We got to try 4 wines and got a good briefing of …
Olsen Estates, Yakima Valley / Red Mtn. Prosser WA
Olsen Estates has a lovely tasting room and a great program for their wines. We got to do a great tasting their and even got to try some of the wines for club members only. They specialize in Syrah, but …
Argyle – Willamette Valley
Who does not love a surprise? I had always seen Argyle wines & sparkling wines, but the tasting we did just grabbed me. Argyle is right on the main drag tucked behind a nice garden. Unfortunately, our video-tasting had to …
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The Pines 1852
The Pines 1852 has a nice tasting room and gallery. It is located at the top of the main street in Hood River OR. They make an array of wines and their tasting room is very accommodating. You can see …
Downtown Hood River, OR
This is just an out-take from cruising down main street.
Elk Cove – Willamette Valley
Elk Cove is a beautiful estate and is surrounded by their vineyards. They have been around a long time and their wines speak to that. Their facility is very nice and they even host weddings and such. Due to an …
Archery Summit – Willamette
Archery Summit is atop a hill like many of the Willamette Valley vineyards, and it has spectacular views. The tasting room is nice and they are very good about doing tours of the cave and had 4 pinots to taste …
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ArborBrook Vineyards – Willamette Valley
ArborBrook Vineyards is a nice down to earth tasting room. Their wines are very good and they bring in barrel samples for larger events. They are quite active in their local community, which has block parties and other fun collaborative …
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Anne Amie – Willamette Valley
Come check out Anne Amie! Set-up on a hill, Anne Amie has a spectacular 180 degree view. The wines speak for themselves and they tasting room has a classical, French, Victorian, feeling – much in spirit with their labels. Please …
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How Wine Is Bottled. @ Montinore Estate
This is a great video to see how wine bottles go from boxes, to sterilization, to blow tests, to filling, to gas, to cork, to foil cap, labeled, and then re-boxed. This made me think of Leverne & Shirley. This …
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Four Vines, Paso Robles
Four Vines is a winery on the move. If you have seen them at wine shows or met them, you will see they are not modeling themselves after the classic idea of a winery or vineyard. In the video, you …
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Heibel Ranch Vineyards, Pope Valley / Howell Mtn, Napa
Off-Road Vineyard Tour! Yes – this is Napa Valley, and in the 1960’s Willies Jeep we have the 2 stars of the Food + Wine’s article – Affordable & Hidden Napa Valley. Trent Ghiringhelli & Drew Dickson are the people …
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Pinot Days – Fort Mason 6/28/09
If you weren’t able to get to Pinot Days this year, below are some quick out-takes from some of our friends and new friends. Pinot days was a hit and was very well attended. We stopped at a few tables …
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Canopy Management
Trent from Heibel Ranch Vineyards talks a bit about Canopy Management and trimming of the vines. Although it was not so easy to keep up with Trent with the video, we see how the vines are trained and managed. The …
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Napa Valley Wine Auction – Napa 2009
The Napa Valley Wine Auction was a hit. They raised approximately $6million and it was a heck of a Soiree. In our quick coverage, you will see some of the bidding action, general decor by Erin Martin, the Trefethen Family …
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Cheers! St Helena, Napa – June 5 2009
Cheers! St Helena. The first Friday of every month through October is the Cheers St Helena Event. This is an event that brings wineries/vineyards into the shops along the main drag in St Helena. It is a fun event especially …
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Viader- St Helena, Napa Valley, 5-26-09
Viader gave us an awesome tour & there was a lot to see! One thing to note when you see a longer video from Vineyard Vlog, that means that the host spent a lot of time with us and gave …
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Taylor’s Refresher (Half Bottle Party) 6/3/09
This was a special treat and is the kind of thing you to need to be “in the know” in order to show-up (and it is assumed that you are in the trade) although there were a few fans and …
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