Comments on: A Few Breakaway Wines

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:19:57 +0000

So completely jealous! Three years?! Well I suppose I better get started right now if I wanna make this stuff too. Thanks for posting!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:51:09 +0000

Glad you liked it Alison. Which reminds me: I have quite a bit of this stuff, so if anyone would like a case, email me!

By: alison mcq

alison mcq — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:46:52 +0000

i opened one bottle last night – ling-rah – delicious! thank you again.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:28:59 +0000

Thanks Em! Marianne, I’m surprised you as a Willamettite don’t have some in the ground already; although blueberries actually sound better in some ways.

Alex, I can’t break it all down without the consent of my partners, but you can roughly figure that you can get good juice from a reputable grower for about $10/gallon and used barrels for less than $100, plus bottles, corks, and any bottling rental equipment. And of course the more you do, the more it all amortizes out. Email me for more specifics if you want.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:24:50 +0000

If you don’t mind sharing – how did the economics of your 1 barrel experiment work? Did you calculate your ~cost/bottle?

ps. hope you hit the Bolinas parade on the 4th. Classic Bobo.

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:17:42 +0000

The look on your face is pure joy……we sell our excess blueberries and also cut flowers (sweet peas and other old fashioned flowers) for fun…….we have 20 acres of unused hillside land(in the mid willamette valley ) we’ve been considering putting in grapes…..

By: Em

Em — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:53:32 +0000

Wow! That’s really neat! You have meals that everyone dreams… I’m so jealous. Have a happy 4th!