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Christmas Eve is a holiday in itself for Italian Americans; as a matter of fact, because of the Feast of the Seven Fishes, Christmas Eve overshadowed Christmas by a mile in our family, not unlike most Italian American Families. Interestingly, I was just reading an...

One of our greatest pleasures as winemakers is discovering great but obscure wines, finding the grapes, producing the wines, and having phenomenal results. Until this year, Tannat has been our greatest discovery. For Christmas in 2016, our Tannat supplier, Heringer...

Calabria, a region of Southern Italy, is not as well known internationally for its wines as many other regions, but has a rich tradition of producing incredible table wines, mainly reds. Being in the far south, at the toe of Italy’s boot, the warm, dry climate and...

Tannat is a red wine grape that originated in Madiran, a village in Southwest France, and spread into the Basque region of Spain. French and Spanish immigrants brought Tannat to South America, where it was grown in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and most...

Sauvignon Blanc originated from the Bordeaux Region of France. The varietal is indigenous to Southwest France; the name can be loosely translated as "wild white." In addition to France, Sauvignon blanc is grown widely in the southern hemisphere in Chile, Australia,...

What do you call a German sweet wine that is harvested after a frost to concentrate the sugar and acid when you pride yourself in making primarily great Italian and Southern European dry wines? If you are Papa Joe's Wine Cellar, you call it Ghiacciato. Everyone else...

The most common question we are asked about our wines is if we add sulfites. Like virtually every commercial winery, yes, we do add sulfites. It is not at all uncommon for people to attribute the occasional wine intolerance to added sulfites, but in reality, sulfite...