November 2011

Annual barrel tasting a big hit! We had two "last" bottles leave the winery, and a first, a limousine with 10 people on the tour!

The last bottle of white Revelation, autographed by the winegrower, leaves with Sean and Cat

The last bottle of Viognier/Roussanne, autographed by the winegrower, leaves with Angela, http://www.wine-girl.net.

Limo tour for a birthday girl!

Remember our recipe for the perfect Thanksgiving turkey:

Step 1: Buy a turkey
Step 2: Drink a glass of wine.
Step 3: Put turkey in the oven.
Step 4: Take another 2 drinks of wine.
Step 5: Set the degree at 375 ovens.
Step 6: Take 3 more wines of drink.
Step 7: Turk the bastey.
Step 8: Wine another bottle of get.
Step 9: Ponder the meat thermometer.
Step 10: Glass yourself a pour of wine.
Step 11: Bake the wine for 4 hours.
Step 12: Take the oven out of the turkey.
Step 13: Floor the turkey up off of the pick.
Step 17: Turk the carvey.
Step 15: Get yourself another wottle of bine.
Step 16: Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey.
Step 19: Bless the dinner and pass out.

Great write-up about Petit Verdot and Kinkead Ridge Petit Verdot from Michigan blogger:

http://intoxreport.com/2011/11/15/petit-verdot-goes-gangbusters-in-ripley-ohio—believe-it-or-not/

Kinkead Ridge goes international! From one of our retail customers:

"Nancy,

On Wednesday, I attended a winemaker dinner at Dorothy Lane Market with Giorgio Rivetti of La Spinetta. (The ones with the Dürer Rhino label)
Last night I returned for their holiday show where Giorgio was pouring his wines and, after having such a great night previously, I gave him two of your wines: 2010 Viognier/Roussanne and 2008 Petit Verdot. He had not had any Ohio wines and was very happy to get them. I don't know if they will make it back to Italy but he will be tasting the best that Ohio has to offer."

Harvest photos: Cabernet Sauvignon, October. One pick to go: Petit Verdot.

Logan at the winery with the Cabernet grapes.

Emilee, Gretchen's sister

Nancy

Cabermet leaf

Start of the day

Ron and Logan weighing grapes

Kinkead Ridge at the Fast Cars Fine Food event, a Culinary Scholarship Fundraiser for the American Culinary Federation of Cincinnati at the Porsche/Maserati dealership on Oct. 14. My culinary helper Ann, who also works at Nectar Restaurant with the marvelous Chef Julie Frances. A very talented lady and a sweetheart too!

Kinkead Ridge and Meranda-Nixon on national blog... long and interesting. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/allaboutwine/2011/10/06/all-about-wine--lower-ohio. Ron and Mike are covering all the wine making states alphabetically, and earlier posts are available at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/allaboutwine

We picked the Viognier; it came in at 23.4 Brix and is very nice. The 26th is Roussanne, followed by Riesling. We also picked the grapes for the white Revelation blend. The seven plants of Albarino produced beautiful grapes... very translucent, like Roussanne.

A time line for Kinkead Ridge "picking buckets". Since the grapes on a VSP trellis are at an awkward height, you can either kneel or stoop which is tough all day. I came up with the idea to sit on 5 gallon buttons. In the first iteration, that lip is pretty uncomfortable. So next we used stool cushions but they tend to fall off get dirty and then can fall apart in the washing machine making a big mess with the stuffing. This week I had our local carpet store glue remnants into the buckets!
 

Kinkead Ridge featured in Cincinnati Magazine.

The winery is now closed for harvest until the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the annual barrel tasting.

"Why  go for those long distance relationships when you can find love in your own back yard." 

 

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