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Enjoy the dog days of summer at the Blue-Merle and learn how you, too, can make your own wine.
Winemaker's Journal catalogs the joys and sorrows of making your own, growing your own & drinking your own wine. Author of forthcoming novel "About That Wine I Gave You"
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Our adventure started in 2004 in the garage pressing 1,000 lbs. of grapes by hand & paw, thus began Blue-Merle Winery in San Diego, California. In 2006, "Bluey"--the Australian Shepherd Blue-Merle who rules the winery--had outgrown life in the city. So, we downsized the house, upsized the land and moved to Blue-Merle Country, a land where dogs run free, blessed with pomegranates & persimmons, olive trees & macadamias, and prowled by bobcats, coyotes and an occasional mountain lion. Continuously battling the challenges of steep terrain, rattlesnakes, drought, and wildfires (not to mention vine-eating gophers and ground squirrels), we planted our vineyard in 2007 making hundreds of mistakes along the way. Join us and a cast of characters on our continuous adventures and musings as we "Grow Your Own, Make Your Own, Drink Your Own Wine."
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2 comments:
Hello,
I live in Fairfield, CT. While researching the "Samp Mortar Rock area of my neighborhood, I came across a Fairfield Citizen News article written by a "Craig Justice" titled "Echoes of Indian lore live on at Samp Mortar." Would you so happen to be the same Craig Justice?? I noticed you went to high school at Staples so may have had a brief stint at the Citizen-News?? It included a photograph of a natural rock outcropping in the form of an "Indian silhouette." I'm quite familiar with the area and the Samp Mortar Rock, but I have not come across this rock silhouette. I'm quite curious where it is!
Gordon Brune
Fairfield, CT
gordon.brune@gmailcom
Yes, it is I!
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