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Here at BOW, we sometimes like to write about what we're up to. This Blog page is our chance to report from the front line of wine making and we hope you like our silly little thoughts!
The Forest Walk.
Posted on: 29th January, 2010
It is so quiet in the 400 acre forest behind us. While the wind throws itself at the Western front of the stand, I am walking quietly along the Eastern path with my feet pushing through damp leaves sounding swooshes and a sub-rosa of calming crinkleness. I think of rice crispies. The branches are bare having left their leaves beneath; bare enough so that the interior processional of the forest is made clear. The grey squirrels forage and leap, theirs is a constant if not meek background rus....
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Contingency & Surprise
Posted on: 22nd January, 2010
In the winery business, Contingency and Surprise become your constant companions. Contingency: "So you have enough wine to get through the wineter Brian?" Surprise: "Another weekend with less than perfect weather. You've fixed the driveway, but who will show up?"
Now don't get me wrong. I have spent my life living with Contingency and Surprise. That is why it made perfectly good sense to open a winery. Indeed, I am the master of Contingency and Surprise. Brian: "Contingency, we alwa....
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Haiti
Posted on: 15th January, 2010
An unimaginable week in Haiti. Another lovely weekend at BOW. Strange how incompatible the two seem.
But they are not incompatible this long Martin Luther King weekend. Three dollars from every bottle sold will go to the Red Cross. $3 from every bowl of chili. $3 for every bowl of spaghetti and $3 for every s'mores we sell tonight. I'll go on line Monday night and make the donation.
On a decent winter weekend we'll sell 400-500 bottles of wine...maybe more. Maybe 100 bowls of chili....
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