If you aren’t aware yet, May is Riesling month.  Isn’t it nice to have a month designated to a grape that makes a pretty diverse wine to please all palates.  Riesling is made bone dry to sweet and different levels of sweetness in-between. The Riesling grape can be very acidic, so when produced on the [...]

In the third episode of the video series – How Stoutridge uses solar panels to run their winery. A totally green winery.   *** Debbie Gioquindo is a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and a Emerging Media Marketing Consultant who helps people learn about wine and marketing their business by incorporating social media into their [...]

This week Steve talks to us and explains what it means to be a Gravity Flow winery. See Last Week’s Clip *** Debbie Gioquindo is a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and a Emerging Media Marketing Consultant who helps people learn about wine and marketing their business by incorporating social media into their traditional marketing [...]

The next few weeks I am going to introduce you to Steve Osborne, winemaker and owner of Stoutridge Vineyards.  In this video Steve explains the history of the land that Stoutridge sits on.  The interview takes place in the Barrel Room where he explains the flavor intensity of the barrels and why he chose large [...]

Yes size matters.  Wine bottles come in may sizes.  We are most familiar with the split, standard bottle and Magnum. They come in larger sizes than a Magnum.  Here is the list and how much each bottle holds. Plan your party accordingly. Split               ¼ bottle     187 milliliters Half                ½ bottle     375 milliliters Standard            1 bottle     [...]

Just four weeks left until New Years Eve, I thought I would talk for a while about Champagne and Sparkling Wine found throughout the world.  You may think they are the same, but they are different and have different names is different regions of the world.  We’ll begin this week with Champagne. Champagne comes from, [...]