We've just wrapped up another fantastic festival. This year Foursight hosted the welcome dinner as well as our Sunday open house, so it was a busy one, but we had plenty of help from friends and family!
Friday, May 24, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Wine Social Media is Advertising, TTB Says
Today's task is to make sure our name, address, city and state and several other pieces of information are added to all my social media sites and blogs. Why? The TTB has ruled that social media has to follow the same rules as advertisements for alcohol (think billboards and magazine ads). So, no health claims, no disparaging remarks about other products, a clear listing of the class and designation of the alcohol (because grape wine is a super sexy way to describe high-end Pinot Noir), etc.
Sigh... The wine business is a complicated business.
Interested in the details? Read the actual industry circular: http://www.ttb.gov/industry_circulars/archives/2013/13-01.html
P.S. Pinot Festival photos to be posted as soon as we can upload and edit! What a great weekend!
Sigh... The wine business is a complicated business.
Interested in the details? Read the actual industry circular: http://www.ttb.gov/industry_circulars/archives/2013/13-01.html
P.S. Pinot Festival photos to be posted as soon as we can upload and edit! What a great weekend!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival!
It's always Pinot time in Anderson Valley, but on May 17-19 it has a special prominence as we dedicate an entire weekend to celebrating the varietal at our Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival!
The festival boasts a full weekend of Pinot-centric events, from a technical conference to a BBQ, grand tasting, winemaker dinners, and Sunday open houses. If you haven't attended before, we highly recommend it -- I've consistently found it the best Pinot tasting we've poured at, year after year. A full schedule of events and tickets can be found at the Anderson Valley Winegrowers Association Web site, here.
On Sunday, May 19, from 11-5, Foursight will be hosting our annual Open House at the winery and tasting room. We plan to again serve fresh Tomales Bay oysters, alongside a leg of jamon serrano and a bruschetta bar. In other words, get here early before the oysters run out! Last year they were gone in record time!
We'll be pouring our new-release Pinots, alongside some library wines and 2012 barrel samples -- an incredible vintage in the making! And, of course, we'll have some specials to celebrate the day!
Ozzie and the whole family would love to see you here!
The festival boasts a full weekend of Pinot-centric events, from a technical conference to a BBQ, grand tasting, winemaker dinners, and Sunday open houses. If you haven't attended before, we highly recommend it -- I've consistently found it the best Pinot tasting we've poured at, year after year. A full schedule of events and tickets can be found at the Anderson Valley Winegrowers Association Web site, here.
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| Tomales Bay Oyster Bar |
On Sunday, May 19, from 11-5, Foursight will be hosting our annual Open House at the winery and tasting room. We plan to again serve fresh Tomales Bay oysters, alongside a leg of jamon serrano and a bruschetta bar. In other words, get here early before the oysters run out! Last year they were gone in record time!
We'll be pouring our new-release Pinots, alongside some library wines and 2012 barrel samples -- an incredible vintage in the making! And, of course, we'll have some specials to celebrate the day!
Ozzie and the whole family would love to see you here!
Friday, April 19, 2013
Big Changes, Events, and the 2013 Vintage!
It's that magical portion of springtime here in Anderson Valley -- the one where the weather is warm and sunny, the grass is tall and green, and none of us get any sleep because of frost fans, pumps and the like. Luckily it's hard to be bitter about it when it's so beautiful. We just drink a lot of coffee!
Spring is always an extremely busy time of year for us at Foursight. Event season starts up again -- we just had our fourth anniversary party (photos below) at the winery, and May brings our Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival (get your tickets now, before they sell out). Our spring wine club shipments go out, and we also start ordering bottling supplies and planning blends for late summer.
Click here for more photos of our Fourth Anniversary tasting -- a five-year vertical of Pinot Noir!
A NEW ADDITION AT THE TASTING ROOM
This year we have a few changes. The biggest is that our head winemaker, Joe Webb, will be moving to Foursight full-time in late May! He's always had other projects on top of his winemaking duties here at Foursight, so we're excited for him to be more involved in the tasting room and front-of-the-house business, so to speak.
This also means we'll be able to do some private, winemaker barrel tastings, tours, and other exclusive tastings this summer. If you're interested in setting something up, shoot me an e-mail and we can go from there!
EXPANDED HOURS FOR SUMMER
We also plan to expand our hours for the summer season, including Thursdays for the months of June, July and August!
IN THE VINEYARD
In the vineyard we've had enough frost nights to almost fill two hands, with some lows in the upper 20's. That's typical for our vineyard, but never pleasant. Otherwise, the vintage looks good so far. Budbreak was around March 20, and the vines look happy! With the dry spring we may have some water concerns come late summer, but it's still too early to tell.
PINOT FESTIVAL OPEN HOUSE
Don't forget to join us for our annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival Open House! We'll have fresh Tomales Bay oysters, a leg of jamon serrano, and bruschetta bar, and plenty of Pinot Noir. Come by between 11-5 on Sunday, May 19, and celebrate with us!
Happy Spring!
Kristy Charles
Foursight Wines
Spring is always an extremely busy time of year for us at Foursight. Event season starts up again -- we just had our fourth anniversary party (photos below) at the winery, and May brings our Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival (get your tickets now, before they sell out). Our spring wine club shipments go out, and we also start ordering bottling supplies and planning blends for late summer.
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| Tasting Charles Vineyard Pinots - April 6, 2013 |
Click here for more photos of our Fourth Anniversary tasting -- a five-year vertical of Pinot Noir!
A NEW ADDITION AT THE TASTING ROOM
This year we have a few changes. The biggest is that our head winemaker, Joe Webb, will be moving to Foursight full-time in late May! He's always had other projects on top of his winemaking duties here at Foursight, so we're excited for him to be more involved in the tasting room and front-of-the-house business, so to speak.
This also means we'll be able to do some private, winemaker barrel tastings, tours, and other exclusive tastings this summer. If you're interested in setting something up, shoot me an e-mail and we can go from there!
EXPANDED HOURS FOR SUMMER
We also plan to expand our hours for the summer season, including Thursdays for the months of June, July and August!
IN THE VINEYARD
In the vineyard we've had enough frost nights to almost fill two hands, with some lows in the upper 20's. That's typical for our vineyard, but never pleasant. Otherwise, the vintage looks good so far. Budbreak was around March 20, and the vines look happy! With the dry spring we may have some water concerns come late summer, but it's still too early to tell.
PINOT FESTIVAL OPEN HOUSE
Don't forget to join us for our annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival Open House! We'll have fresh Tomales Bay oysters, a leg of jamon serrano, and bruschetta bar, and plenty of Pinot Noir. Come by between 11-5 on Sunday, May 19, and celebrate with us!
Happy Spring!
Kristy Charles
Foursight Wines
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Can You Believe It's Been Four Years??
Okay, in the scheme of things, four years isn't forever. I just saw a press release for a Sonoma-based winery celebrating 100-plus years open. But for four people who started planning this project in 2005, it certainly seems like a big accomplishment to be in business and doing well four years after hanging up the open sign.
The hurdles we've jumped (and a few we've eaten it on), have been numerous. To name but a few, a failing economy right as we released our first wines, the challenges of launching a brand with our current building still a year out, gracefully dodging a legal fight with a very large wine corporation over one of our labels, and, cumulatively most important of all, all the myriad of small decisions and path changes that running your own business requires.
We've also had a lot of successes, from good publicity, press and reviews, to wines that seem to please. Managing to prove many smart people wrong and make 100% wild yeast, wild ML, unfined and unfiltered Pinot Noirs without incident is always a proud moment for us after each harvest.
Last night we hosted a 2009 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir tasting with our industry tasting group, and our 2009 Zero New Oak Pinot and 2009 Charles Vineyard Pinot received both first and second place. The same thing happened with our 2007 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir tasting. Even small accomplishments like that make us very proud.
So, to celebrate four years (because we are FOURsight after all), we're throwing a party! On Saturday, April 6th we're having our fourth anniversary party at the winery and tasting room. We've finally been making wine long enough that we can put together a five-year vertical of Charles Vineyard Pinot Noirs, and host a tasting led by Foursight Winemaker Joe Webb and Winegrower Bill Charles. Following the tasting we'll have a lunch (by Burt of Boontberry Farm, who always does an incredible job). We're also planning some games and prizes! It should be an amazing afternoon of celebration and, for the four of us, reflection. We're happy that so many of our club members, friends and great customers can join us for it.
Happy four years to us!
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