Speaking of cellar skills. Ramiro, lifeblood of the cellar at Michel Schlumberger, where we make VERGE, is so pro.  Seen below taking a full 1 ton macro bin of 2009 Unti Vineyard Syrah, raising it on a forklift around 20 feet in the air and ever so gently pouring it into the press. Notice how […]

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A couple of days ago I received an email from my friend Brooke Cheshire, who’s got a great blog over at Aficionada. Brooke is quite adept at asking questions that get right to the heart of the matter but in such a way that is neither haughty or presumptuous.  It’s a simple question really. Why […]

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