Special Events for the Next Three Saturdays...

In addition to our daytime tasting at Lund's in Arroyo Grande, I hope each of our friends will join us at one of the next three special Saturday evening events featuring Toucan Wines.

Starting tomorrow (3/27) in San Luis Obispo @ Monterey Street Wines a vertical tasting of TW Estate Zinfandel (5:30 to close). Next Saturday (4/3) in Solvang at Taste of the Valleys from 5pm - 8:30 the staff will be pouring several of our estate wines at this happening venue. Then, on Saturday (4/10) I'll be hanging out at with our friends at Morro Bay Wine Seller's and the wine will be flowing from 4pm - close.

So, join me at one of more event and let's enjoy some great wine together.

2007 Estate Petite Sirah Released... and New TW Events

After sixteen months in new oak and thirteen months in the bottle, our 2007 Estate Petite Sirah has finally been released and is available on the TW website. The 35 cases we separately produced from the great 2007 vintage is definitely worth a try. Find it at Lund's in the village of Arroyo Grande and soon at local wine shops and wine bars.

As promised, I'm getting lots of time with new and existing customers this year, here's a sampling of the Toucan Wines featured events coming up: Mach 27th: vertical TW Estate Zinfandel tasting at Monterey St. Wines - April 3rd: TW featured at Tastes of the Valleys in Solvang - April 10th: TW featured at Morro Bay Wine Sellers - April 25th: TW pouring (not featured) at A Taste of Huntington Beach. Of course, every Saturday afternoon you can taste our latest at Lund's in Arroyo Grande. Please visit our events page and please join us soon at one or more of the upcoming events.

Toucan's Vineyard Ready for Spring...

Our Toucan Wines estate vineyard is ready for spring and within the next few of weeks we should see the first buds break into leaf. The fall rains in October helped grow a blanket of cover crop which worked to hold back erosion during the heavy winter rains. In fact we've had above normal rain fall exceeding 26 inches for the season.

I've mowed this blanket or carpet of cover growth twice so far this year. It's so thick that unwanted weeds are struggling to find sunlight and our gophers are enjoying the cover from red tail hawks and owls searching for a meal. We performed our pruning and other care in step with breaks in the rain and now I can say we're ready for the new year's growth. One more large project we hope to accomplish is the raising of the drip wire. We use the wire to tie longer shoots in early summer, this helps me avoid damaging vines during mowing or spraying with the tractor.

I hope to see you soon at one of our many upcoming events - CLICK HERE

2007 Estate Zinfandel Released

We're very pleased to release our 2007 Toucan Wines Estate Zinfandel, 245 cases produced and maybe our best Estate wine to date. Available by ordering from the winery, local retail and restaurant locations, and of course being poured at Lund's on Saturday afternoons. Learn more by visiting us at www.ToucanWines.com