Tag: napa valley
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S54 E1 31 | Relationships
🤎 Brown Estate has always held a special place in our hearts. It’s a stunningly beautiful ranch carved out of a very rugged hillside. A wonderfully restored old Victorian home nestled under the trees, with a perfectly tuned grand piano under the main window that was an absolute joy to play every time we visited.…
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S54 E1 21 | A Library of Memories
⌛️History happened, it shouldn’t be erased. I enjoyed contributing forty years of my life to a family wine business. I’ve recently moved on to chart new winemaking adventures, but the memories pop up, and some of them were great. 🗓️ We hosted a major national retail account on this day two years ago, and did…
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S54 E1 21 | Certified Organic Grapes
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Heritage & Tradition The Knollwood Vineyard | Oak Knoll DistrictThe State Lane Vineyard | Yountville 🍇 Winegrower : Kevin Corley🍷 Winemaker : Chris Corley ⏳ More than 50 years ago, Jay Corley established vineyards in the southern end of the Napa Valley, where the temperatures were a little cooler, and the…
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S54 E1 18 | The Knollwood Vineyard
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Heritage & Tradition The Knollwood Vineyard | Napa ValleyOak Knoll District of Napa ValleyCertified Organic | Est 1985Winegrower : Kevin CorleyWinemaker : Chris Corley 🍇 The Knollwood Vineyard was established in 1985 in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley. Located on Big Ranch Road in the southern, cooler end of…
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S54 E1 16 | The Spin Rate of Wine Aging
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Heritage & Tradition ✍️ In my last post, I referred to a connection between a wines ageability and baseball pitchers spin rate. This was a result of a fascinating conversation I had a couple of years ago, while hosting a family friend at the winery. ⚾️ Nick Belmonte hs been in…
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