Author: spireadmin
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MUSIC + WINE
WINE CLUB MEMBERS 🍷 don’t forget your reusable totes for pickup. We wanted to also remind everyone, as we get this question often… pickup weekends are not just for members, we are still open to new customers and friends. Can’t wait to celebrate the last pickup of 2022 with you all.
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Closing out 2022 Holiday Hours and Closures
A few announcements as we close out the year… we will be open Christmas Eve and New Years Eve 11-4… we will be CLOSED Christmas and CLOSED for the season as of January 1st 2023. We will REOPEN March 4th 2023 ( of course weather permitted/ we’re not covered in snow up here at 1200…
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Grape Growing in 2022
This post is difficult, I thought I would write about this year’s vintage as we progress through the season. Therein lies the problem, there is not a lot of progress this season. We are currently 30 days behind 2012 season at this time, and slightly behind 2011 as far as the vines are concerned. It…
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Pairings
I love to drink wine….. that being said, I love to drink wine with food. I don’t know when my passion forwine really began, somewhere in my thirties. With all the science and career pressures I went through, itis no wonder that wine became a focus. If for no other reason than a moment to…
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What Do We Grow?
I get asked all the time, “What is your favorite wine?” I usually respond with something like, “It dependson what I’m eating”. But, of course that always leads to, “why do I grow what I grow here at SpireMountain?”. Now, that is a complex question! Varietal choices in the 100 valleys of the Umpqua are…
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When to release…
When to release……. This question is one of the most important decisions a winemaker must embrace. There is so much that goes into it, the analytics of the wine, (science) the market place, (business) and the flavor profile (art). These are not listed in a specific order of importance, as the order changes based on…