Wine festival in Tombstone The wine festival in Tombstone. Very Farwest, but not too good for sales. I had a good time though. Le festival du vin à Tombstone Le festival du vin à Tombstone.Très typique, mais pas très bon pour les ventes. Mais j’ai passé un bon temps. […]
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Tucson Wine & Opera Festival
Tucson Wine & Opera Festival The Bravo festival was only one day but it was good for CHV. Not only we sold a lot of wine but while listening to opera singers. A delight. <no pictures/pas de photos> Festival du vin et de l’opéra à Tucson Le festival Bravo n’a duré qu’un jour mais il […]
Willcox Wine Competition 2019
Willcox Wine Competition 2019 Below are the results and panel comments for the two wines entered into the 2019 Willcox Wine Country Competition. 90 • Copper Horse Vineyard (AZ) 2016 Sangiovese, Willcox. Gold Medal Panel Feedback: very good varietal character, good structure and deft use of oak. 88 • Copper Horse Vineyard (AZ) 2017 […]
Finally a gold medal
Finally a gold medal for CHV We got 1st place for our Grenache 2017 at the Grand Wine Gala in Phoenix. It was a fun event with 30 wineries present, but tough sales. Lots of competition and the AZ wines are getting better every year. Finallement une médaille d’or pour Copper Horse Vineyard Nous […]
Another Silver medal for CHV
A Silver medal for CHV Riesling 2017 We got a Silver medal for the CHV Riesling 2017 at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2019. One more for our collection. Une médaille d’argent pour notre CHV Riesling 2017 Nous avons reçu une médaille d’argent pour notre CHV Riesling 2017 à la Compétition du vin 2019 […]
Wine Festival in Phoenix
Wine Festival in Phoenix I went to the “Wine on The Grotto” festival in Phoenix at the Arizona Center downtown, last weekend. Gina had to stay to take care of the animals. I stayed at Tom’s. There were only 10 wineries represented, but still quite a good audience. Tom helped a lot during those 2 […]
Food and Wine Pairing Class from CHV
Food and Wine Pairing Class from CHV Gina and I did a Food and Wine Pairing class with all our 6 wines and some bites to match them at the Portal Café. Thank you to Mitch and the new chef at Portal Café for hosting and cooking the food. There were about 20 people and […]
Bottling our big Reds
Bottling our big Reds In preparation for the Willcox Wine Festival, we bottled our reds, Grenache and Mourvèdre, the week before. Only 33 cases total, but it took the whole day. Mark, the wine maker, helped as well as another winemaker. Mise en bouteilles de nos gros rouges. En préparation du festival du vin à […]
Willcox Wine Festival
Willcox Wine Festival We were lucky to be one of the 18 wine maker to be represented at the Willcox Wine festival (out of more than 50 wineries in AZ) last weekend (10/20-10/21). It was a lot of work, but we sold a lot of wine. I lost my voice in the process. Next year, […]
Another Silver for our Sangiovese
Another Silver for our Sangiovese We got a Silver medal at the San Diego International Wine Challenge. This is the third Silver for our 2016 Sangiovese. Yeah! But that’s it, no more competition with this wine….Hell, what to do to get a gold? Une autre médaille d’argent pour notre Sangiovese Nous avons eu une […]
