I began cultivating relationships with grape growers in 1996 while sourcing fruit for Xcellence, our red blend that was later renamed Mercury Rising . Cinnabar had been making wine exclusively from estate fruit since 1986, but Xcellence’s popularity warranted supplementary fruit.

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Establishing Good Relationships with Grape Growers

Fourth of July #2, Independence, Missouri by Mike Sinclair This image is courtesy of 20X200 which is one of my favorite places to buy art. I am sitting in my parents' living room right now in my hometown of St

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Somewhere Between Imagination and Memory

Hopefully it is finally starting to feel like SUMMER in your part of the world.

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Summer Loving

A few weeks back, we gathered a couple of staff and some friends to climb aboard our 'baby elephant' — an open-air, 12 person Swiss army truck called a Pinzgauer — to make our very own Gundlach Bundschu music video. We had no song in mind, actually, but we thought it would be cool to make a film showing how much fun we have on our weekly vineyard tours.

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The Great Pinzgauer Adventure

What do New Orleans, Boston, Memphis, Charleston, Chicago and now Austin all have in common? Gundlach Bundschu WOMers have reveled in each city and brought them to their knees – or is it vice versa? If Austin is an example, it is the latter.

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The Capital of Weird

This past weekend's

Here's an eclectic mix of tunes for your Music Monday enjoyment… “ Belong ” from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart reminds me of the pop songs that I used to enjoy in the 90’s. You can download a free session from this NYC indie group over at Daytrotter .

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Eclectic Music Monday Mix

I’m not typically a lyrics gal. When listening to music, I respond more to the melody of a song rather than to its words

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Legal Lyrics

Q: What happens when you combine your brothers and great friends flying into town to completely surprise you + an epic 40th birthday party on the rooftop of a kickass Hollywood hotel? A: Your Music Monday blog post goes up on a Wednesday instead of a Monday.

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Fifth Decade Excuses

It's surreal to be composing this blog post while watching the breaking news that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. Brian Williams on MSNBC just noted that Hitler's death was announced exactly sixty-six years ago on the same day, May 1st.

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The Beatles’ LOVE