May 28 -
June 24, 2023 
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Have you heard of Penfolds Grange, a 2014 one of the most expensive wines in the world so I bought 2 bottles and opened one a few days ago. Pat, Susie and I tasted this great wine and we liked it. Now I did look down in my cellar and found a few other old wines to compete against this $600 wine. I found 4 other wines including my SOON to be released 2009 Cabernet..................
The test results were interesting and all 3 of us tasted blind. After 3 days the expensive $600 Australian, Grange Syrah showed well and after 4 days it is doing fine. It is intense BUT we all said our 2009 Cab was equal SO
I tasted again tonight and I was amazed, I thought blind, my 2009 was the Grange!! They were both great so do I make good wine? Sure for me and others, we have the Coffaro palate......
Now from a customer, he cancelled our club because he thought the wines had too much fruit.......gee I guess I lost him since that is what I strive for. He implied he likes wines made in the past
Should I charge more for my wine??? NOT!!
Tuesday June 6, 2023
June has arrived, that means longer days and also warmer temperatures. We did get over 90 the other day. It will be cool for a few days and then we should be getting much warmer. All the grapes in the vineyard are in bloom and soon we will see little berries.
We have everything ready to bottle our 2022 10 Month wines. We just need the bottles. They are coming from a new distributor so I hope everything goes smoothy. Our new storage building is ready to store the glass. We do not have lights yet but we do not need them now. We hope to be finished bottling by the end of the month.
Sunday June 11, 2023
Brad here.... There still is a lot of Covid around and it is still quite contagious. Dave has come down with it and is now slowly but surely getting better. We all hope to see him back at the diary soon.
Tuesday June 13, 2023
I am back and I am alive, but my body aches all over. It is hard to get up so when I do I have to keep moving otherwise I want to sit down or lay in my bed. The first few days were worse, starting last Thursday, but the last 2 days have been better. I will have more to say tomorrow..........
Thursday June 15, 2023
On June 7 it started with a cough once in awhile. We were down in Half Moon Bay enjoying the ocean and we had a nice dinner in the evening. The next day was sunny and I was outside for some of the time and then my nose started running and the cough got more often. We had scheduled a dinner at a high end restaurant and wanted to take Uber. I had to dress up and as most of you know I do not like to wear long pants BUT also I started feeling strange. I was not looking forward to the dinner and I tried to have a mixed drink I had brought from home and I was having trouble finishing it. We decided to cancel the dinner and have some take out.
Then I tried to eat some of the take out pasta and could not eat any. I knew then it was new chartered time for me. The only other time I could not eat dinner was when I had an appendicitis attack and later that evening I had to have an emergency appendectomy. That night in Half Moon Bay I had a lot of trouble sleeping.
The next morning Friday the 9th, I had to drive home 100 miles. I was to drop off Pat in S.F. All the way home I had trouble seeing. My eyes were very watery so I had to constantly wipe them in order to see. It was never that concerning, I just kept my eyes on the rode. I made it home and took the test to find I was positive. Catalina went out and picked up some drugs for my cough and sore throat AND Paxlovid which is the latest drug for treatment of Covid.
That Friday evening I started feeling a little better re: my sore throat but I could not swallow anything. More tomorrow........
Friday June 16, 2023
OK, I tested today and I am negative, but later this afternoon, I started feeling weird again! My stomach was upset similar to the other day before testing positive, like I do not want to eat much again. I did try some alcohol again tonight with some sausage but it did not go down well. I hear it is typical to have a small relapse so I hope tomorrow will be better. Even THC does not help.
BTW, you might have seen TSLA has been up big lately. last week when I was down in Half Moon Bay, I still was watching the Market and even though I was not doing well I sold all my TSLA Short Term Trades and made $16,000. I now hold 5000 Shares of TSLA and will hold on for months, if not years..........So I could still function with COVID!!
Tuesday May 30, 2023 Have you heard of Penfolds Grange, a 2014 one of the most expensive wines in the world so I bought 2 bottles and opened one a few days ago. Pat, Susie and I tasted this great wine and we liked it. Now I did look down in my cellar and found a few other old wines to compete against this $600 wine. I found 4 other wines including my SOON to be released 2009 Cabernet.................. The test results were interesting and all 3 of us tasted blind. After 3 days the expensive $600 Australian, Grange Syrah showed well and after 4 days it is doing fine. It is intense BUT we all said our 2009 Cab was equal SO I tasted again tonight and I was amazed, I thought blind, my 2009 was the Grange!! They were both great so do I make good wine? Sure for me and others, we have the Coffaro palate...... Now from a customer, he cancelled our club because he thought the wines had too much fruit.......gee I guess I lost him since that is what I strive for. He implied he likes wines made in the past Should I charge more for my wine??? NOT!! Tuesday June 6, 2023 June has arrived, that means longer days and also warmer temperatures. We did get over 90 the other day. It will be cool for a few days and then we should be getting much warmer. All the grapes in the vineyard are in bloom and soon we will see little berries. We have everything ready to bottle our 2022 10 Month wines. We just need the bottles. They are coming from a new distributor so I hope everything goes smoothy. Our new storage building is ready to store the glass. We do not have lights yet but we do not need them now. We hope to be finished bottling by the end of the month. Sunday June 11, 2023 Brad here.... There still is a lot of Covid around and it is still quite contagious. Dave has come down with it and is now slowly but surely getting better. We all hope to see him back at the diary soon. Tuesday June 13, 2023 I am back and I am alive, but my body aches all over. It is hard to get up so when I do I have to keep moving otherwise I want to sit down or lay in my bed. The first few days were worse, starting last Thursday, but the last 2 days have been better. I will have more to say tomorrow.......... Thursday June 15, 2023 On June 7 it started with a cough once in awhile. We were down in Half Moon Bay enjoying the ocean and we had a nice dinner in the evening. The next day was sunny and I was outside for some of the time and then my nose started running and the cough got more often. We had scheduled a dinner at a high end restaurant and wanted to take Uber. I had to dress up and as most of you know I do not like to wear long pants BUT also I started feeling strange. I was not looking forward to the dinner and I tried to have a mixed drink I had brought from home and I was having trouble finishing it. We decided to cancel the dinner and have some take out. Then I tried to eat some of the take out pasta and could not eat any. I knew then it was new chartered time for me. The only other time I could not eat dinner was when I had an appendicitis attack and later that evening I had to have an emergency appendectomy. That night in Half Moon Bay I had a lot of trouble sleeping. The next morning Friday the 9th, I had to drive home 100 miles. I was to drop off Pat in S.F. All the way home I had trouble seeing. My eyes were very watery so I had to constantly wipe them in order to see. It was never that concerning, I just kept my eyes on the rode. I made it home and took the test to find I was positive. Catalina went out and picked up some drugs for my cough and sore throat AND Paxlovid which is the latest drug for treatment of Covid. That Friday evening I started feeling a little better re: my sore throat but I could not swallow anything. More tomorrow........ Friday June 16, 2023 OK, I tested today and I am negative, but later this afternoon, I started feeling weird again! My stomach was upset similar to the other day before testing positive, like I do not want to eat much again. I did try some alcohol again tonight with some sausage but it did not go down well. I hear it is typical to have a small relapse so I hope tomorrow will be better. Even THC does not help. BTW, you might have seen TSLA has been up big lately. last week when I was down in Half Moon Bay, I still was watching the Market and even though I was not doing well I sold all my TSLA Short Term Trades and made $16,000. I now hold 5000 Shares of TSLA and will hold on for months, if not years..........So I could still function with COVID!! Tuesday June 20, 2023 Have you heard of super tasters,.....They are people who can perceive different tastes better than most of us, like different wines. So as you know I have had Covid and I have heard some who have covid lose their taste buds........SO I have not been interested in tasting Red wines since I tested positive but now I have tested negative so I have tried to taste White wine and a little red wine and I can say they taste very intense. So by getting infected with Covid, are my taste buds more active? Last night I went down as far as the creek. Wow I saw some of the Nebbiolo budded over last year and I see we will have a small crop and then we can make a Nebbiolo. As some of you may know, very few wineries have been successful making a Nebbiolo wine. Now in Italy where they grow Nebbiolo successfully, they make a wine called Barolo. It is possibly the best wine made in Italy. I am hopeful that I am going to make a good Nebbiolo and you can purchase it as 2023 Futures right now. Wednesday June 21, 2023 The First Day Of Summer and the longest day of the year......... Wow, just back from the Creek, 1/4 mile away. I will have to clock my travel tomorrow on The Scooter, I assume it will be less than 3 seconds in My Model S........ I wish Dri was here to HEAR all the birds down AT The Creek.......... Thursday June 22, 2023 I think some of you remember we have a second label, Kate, Susie and Bryan made it up.  |
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