We are winemakers going down the path from hobby winemakers to commercial winemakers. Uzi’s childhood involved wine: his grandmother made wine with grapes grown on their property and he has vivid memories of his sister stomping the grapes. But he was seriously bitten by the winemaking bug during a spring trip to Burgundy in 2003. We started making wine in the small crawl space below our house that fall. Every year since, our production doubled, our equipment inventory doubled and friend involvement doubled. Then finally, in 2006, our crawl space “quadrupled” into a full-blown home wine cellar. In 2008 we have taken the plunge and, while continuing our production at home with friends, are making 2 Pinot Noirs from incredible vineyards with an incredible consulting winemaker assisting us that will be available commercially. Look for our label: Stomping Girl Wines.
We are counting down the days until the official release of our wine; meanwhile, we continue working away on all the other aspects of running a wine business. We hope you will read about it–our adventures, our history, our progress–here on the blog.
Cheers!
Uzi and Kathryn Cohen
October 16, 2008 at 9:57 pm
yahoo! i love your postings and am thrilled to hear about your wine-making (ad)ventures. i’ve added it to my favorites list and will keep coming back to it to find out the results…. i remember with great gusto the wine you served in your basement winery a couple years ago. can’t wait to hear how the commercial venture comes along….
if you want to know what we are up to: http://lewenger.blogspot.com
thanks for including us on the list!
October 17, 2008 at 2:49 pm
yes, the bottling party you came to. it is that time of year again, we will be bottling the ‘07 Merlot Nov. 1 but with a smaller crowd this time. looks like San Cristobal is treating you all well!
November 17, 2008 at 11:30 am
Hey Uzi, Thanks for your comment on MyDailyWine. Would love to hear more about your wines. Please send info, etc
Cheers
Amy