The Toucan Wines tasting and festival schedule has been updated and we have some great venues once again this year. Today (Saturday 2/11) I'm pouring at Tastes of the Valleys from 3-6pm - and in two weeks I'll pour at the Beverly Hills Wine Festival.
Once again we have the privilege to release another fine wine from the Toucan Vineyard. Our 2009 Toucan Wines Estate Zinfandel spent 24 months in fine oak (60% new oak) and a mere 240 cases were hand bottled unfined and unfiltered. This Zinfandel blend includes 10% Estate Petite Sirah and is drinking beautifully right now. Tasting events in Los Angeles, last week, gave me lots of great feedback on this new release. A full-bodied wine, packed with flavor, a lush mouth-feel and the perfect red wine choice for any meal - your next favorite wine. Our website now features this release offering 20% off any order of six bottles. Taste this wine at an upcoming pouring event and feel free to contact me here a the winery for other locations selling our wines.
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Our latest newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure. Tomorrow we'll be picking the last of the first crop Estate Zinfandel and Sunday the Estate Petite Sirah - this will be another year of very low production for Toucan Wines.
Every summer I become very selective about where and when we ship our wines due to weather. As you know, the heat of summer can have a negative impact on wine when bottles are stuck in a hot delivery truck. Now that our weather has cooled, all Toucan Wines ordered for delivery in California will again be shipping from our cellar each week – and those shipments headed back east will remain on-hold for just a couple more weeks. Further, we added Golden State Overnight delivery service to help us in California, Nevada and Arizona. Remember, it’s always best to provide a business address for your wine deliveries.
Order from our great line up of award winning wines and save up to 20% on your order. Call or email me if you have any questions about our wines, parings, and current favorites.
2011 will clearly be our latest harvest of the 3.5 acre Toucan estate vineyard. We're hoping next week will yield the first grapes, but who knows. The fruit does taste delicious, small berries, concentrated - but just not fully developed and the longer they take - the more likely we'll be impacted by rain. The 2011 Carignane is late too. Again, maybe this coming weekend for the old vine Carignane (our forth Carignane harvest). I have also committed to new events in November, please put one of these on your Southern Cali calendar and join me for a taste.
Congratulations to Alice for being the winner of the 2011 "Where Did You Wear your Toucan Wines Hat" contest. Thanks to all the players for their wonderful submissions, you can see all the entries on the Toucan Wines Facebook page.
Our latest newsletter was a little late in coming.... I hope you enjoy and always feel free to contact us directly at the winery with questions about our wines.
After a season of record rain, late frost, and mild temperatures - our vineyard is looking really good. Gophers were a huge problems early in the season and now we're working to get the squirrel outbreak reduced to a bothersome few. Green growth was excessive in those area of the vineyard that usually have more vigor, but the south facing slope, including the Petite Sirah is very well balanced with good fruit set. Fruit exposure in some areas maybe a bit over-exposed, but overall I'm pleased with where we stand. I expect that we're 2-3 weeks behind normal and with that delay we risk early rains and increased mildew pressure as we approach fall.
I admit it, I'm stoked that Toucan Wines was awarded another Best of Class award, this time for our the 2008 Carignane, and Gold Medals for both our 2008 Estate Zinfandel and our 2008 Carignane.
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