Archive for the 'Keller Estate' Category
Keller Estate´s 2009 Harvest Compost.
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010You eliminate biodiversity in agrculture by planting one type of plant, and one of the consequences is the depletion of minerals and nutrients used by that plant. Many farmers overcome this problem by rotating their crops and occasionally allowing the land to go fallow and rejuvenate. Since vineyards are perennial plants, crop rotation is not […]
New Love-New Pinot
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010We have officially opened our tasting room on a regular schedule (thursday-sunday 11Am to 4:30PM). This past Valentine´s weekend was a wonderful first experience as we welcomed guests to taste barrel samples of our 2009 Pinot Noir. Kit our new tasting room manager convinced me that she would decorate tastefully but slightly “cheesy”; and well […]
Chardonnay Precioso Selection
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Last week, Ana, Jacqueline, Brittany and I spent some time together tasting Precioso Chardonnay blends (I know, this is the tough part of the job!). I took some time to ask Jacqueline exactly how she selects the Precioso blend. Check out her answer below:
Keller Estate Precioso Chardonnay Selection
Harvest 2009: Completed!
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Crush has come to an end here at Keller Estate. It was an exciting year, with Jacqueline coming on board as our winemaker and our two interns, Dan & Biddy, joining us for the season. But all good things do come to an end, and our winery is looking more mellow as the days get […]
On the backside of the mountain
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009As our winemaker Jacqueline Yoakum would say, “we are on the backside of the mountain.” This weekend was incredibly busy for us here at Keller Estate. We brought in the last 16 tons or so of Chardonnay over the weekend, and although they were beautiful, ripe and ready to pick, the pressure was on to […]
Harvest 2009
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009As October rolls in, we are in full swing at the winery. All the Pinot Noir Open Top fermentors are going and Chardonnay just keeps rolling into the winery. Last week we had the pleasure of receiving Chef Amaury Rosado from Aurora, Illinois as our first Guest Chef at Keller Estate. Full video to come […]
New York: So Much Food & Wine, So Little Time
Thursday, September 24th, 2009New York is nonstop. Nonstop food, nonstop wine, nonstop work, nonstop play. As my taxi picked me up at 4 a.m. on a Sunday, there were packs of people spilling out of the nearby bars and clubs. This is a city that knows how to live life to the fullest.
My reason for traveling to New […]
Celebrating one year of inspiration with The Flavor Bible.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009A little over a year I pre-ordered the book The Flavor Bible and I have loved using this book that inspires you to cook without there being any recipes in the book! In addition as I write each newsletter for our Keller Estate Key Club, I always refer to the book for inspiration. If you, […]
Pinot Noir harvest begins at Keller Estate!!
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009With beautiful, bright and sunny days ahead of us, we have begun harvesting at Keller Estate. Our vineyard manager, Nehim, and our winemaker Jacqueline Yaokum, have been carefully monitoring the sugar levels, acid levels and flavors of the grapes around our estate. Clusters are carefully checked to make sure that each and every berry has […]
Pinot Days and El Coro Keller Estate Pinot Noir
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Last week we were very active for Pinot Days. We did an in depth tasting called Jewels of the Northern AVA´s and it was a lot of fun. We tasted 4 Pinot Noirs per flight and then the wines were revealed. I have to say that I was very nervous because one of the guests […]
