2013 Another Proposal

[Greg]

Hi guys,

Dave and I talked yesterday and I think we started about a good plan.  Some of the thing we all want to consider:

• Not too many different grapes, but consider blending options
• Dave and Stephanie want to do some wine on their own, but also want to have the option on common wine
• D and S want to do Syrah, Malbec and Viognier
• I think doing our classics and something new sounds good
• I'm now thinking some Zin, Bordeaux, Italian, rose and white, but simplified and working with Dave's ideas
• For simplicity, we may say good-bye to Petite Sirah this year and try Malbec as our blender for tannins
• Rose can be from Syrah or Sangiovese
• White should be Viognier
• Let's blend Zin with Malbec and see what happens
• Sangiovese will make Chianti (less aging) and Brunello (more aging).  Could add Malbec if needed for structure, especially for the less aged Chianti
• Bordeaux could be made with Cab and Malbec and be very true to style and delicious 
• This thinking keeps our grape order to either 5 or six grapes, but still allows lots or variety.

I'll stop here and see what people think about all this.

Greg

[Will Guyette]

Greg,

This all sounds fine to me.  I'm all for keeping it simple (and the band together).  Will be good to experiment with some different blending options as well.

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Will

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[david fryer]

• in response to:

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• Rose can be from Syrah or Sangiovese

• que syrah syrah, whatever will be will be. but if you want syrah rose, invest your own money.
  
  

  • White should be Viognier

• • yes, then we can get some discount for volume. stephanie wants to do about 300lb. what are you all thinking of? 
  • subject to discussion, all else sounds fine. 
  • sounds like you re thinking of sangio, zin, cab and viogner.
  • where did these darn bullets come from?
  • dave, that's bullet dave

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Subject: Re: 2013 Another Proposal

[david fryer]

when do we want to bottle the grenache, rose and zin? i spoke with greg and we thought april. can we nail down a weekend? we will need a few bottles for svb. clear bordeaux, right? dave

[Will Guyette]

Sorry I missed this in my inbox. I am going to be in Hawaii April 10-20. Any other weekend than those should be fine for me. Do we still have any of that early bottled SVB?  I guess I never picked any up. 

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Will

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[david fryer]

it is sitting waiting for you. actually it is now laying on its side. --- On Wed, 3/6/13, Will Guyette <willg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Will Guyette]

Nice!  Thanks Dave. If you are around this weekend, maybe ill swing by to pick some up.

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Will

[david fryer]

can i give you a call?

[Will Guyette]

Of course.  510-387-8042.  I am planning to go up to Sonoma to pick up some club wine Saturday.

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Will

[Alexis Harte]

Hey Guys

Sorry I've dropped off here...

I'm pretty open for weekends in April except for likely the 6th and 7th

Looking forward to bottling.

A

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[Alexis Harte]

Hey guys, I opened a bottle of the cab a couple hours ago and just tried it it's actually quite good! Surprisingly so! 

iAlexis