Woohoo...92!
Thursday | 26 May 2011
We just learned that the editors at Wine Enthusiast rated and reviewed our 2008 Reserve Syrah and awared it 92 points. Only a selection of their reviews appear in print, but beginning August 1, you can look for it at WineMag.com.
In her follow report on Hospice du Rhône titled “An extravaganza of Rhônes,” Laurie Daniel at the San Jose Mercury News wrote that our first Reserve "is plump and lively, with flavors of blackberry, blueberry, a note of roasted coffee and firm structure."
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I Love This Time of Year!
Wednesday | 18 May 2011
Last night for dinner, Bill and I had an asparagus sandwich and a Syrah 74. The sandwich is open face with a layer of almond, asparagus and roasted garlic puree, layered with roasted asparagus and then topped with cheddar cheese! The Syrah 74, well … you know what that is. It was a WONDERFUL meal!
– Barbara Steele
Bottomless Pleasure
Sunday | 27 March 2011
This, our first Reserve Syrah, was produced with grapes so divinely dark that they gleamed like little black pearls as they passed through our fingers on the harvest line. Following a first tasting at the Ashland Creek Inn and premier pairing at the Rogue Valley Country Club, we are pleased to offer our finest red yet, for a limited time only, exclusively online and through our Applegate Valley tasting room.While we expect a few cases to find their way to some of your favorite foodie meccas in Oregon and California, now is your best chance to cellar away a bottle or three of COWHORN history in the tasting. In true Old World style, an hour or two in the decanter will bring forward flavors so full that you will savor every last sip.
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Syrah makes Harry & David's Founders Favorite Banquet
Monday | 10 January 2011
Begin a new tradition with the best Harry & David fruits and snacks, in a beautifully designed keepsake box in honor of company founder, David Holmes. This signature set includes their prized Royal Riviera® Pears, best-of-the-season apples, rasberry galettes, creamy Havarti cheese, summer sausage and now COWHORN Syrah.
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On the list at Barbacco San Francisco
Friday | 19 November 2010
Barbacco is a San Francsico trattoria featuring simple, delicious Italian food from every region. This modern interpretation of a traditional trattoria creates a convivial, high-energy vibe where guests share tables with old friends and new acquaintances.
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Biodynamic Duo
Wednesday | 29 September 2010
We’re just the assistants to the grapes around here; so the real props go to Mother Nature for making our wine fine. Aside from a little pruning and picking, we really can’t take credit for much more than helping the grapes get from the field to the barrel and the barrel to the bottle. The pleasure in your glass is a product of a process as old as the origins as life itself. We’re just lucky enough to get to taste the wines first and live on the farm!
The new ratings, along with reviews that even we haven’t seen yet, will appear online in Wine Enthusiast’s searchable wine database at WineMag.com beginning December 15th. Only a small selection of wines reviewed and rated make their prestigious print publication, and you can bet we’ll be down the Bloomsbury Books newsstand in December buying up a few extra copies if we get some ink offline.
2009 Reds are in Bottle!
Wednesday | 25 August 2010
Shhhh…. can you hear the sigh of relief? The 2009 Syrah and Grenache were bottled this week. No question, farming is a 52 week per year job. In the winery, the job begins at crush. To make wine at Cowhorn requires patience and vigilance from September to bottling the following August. For Bill, who leads us in the process, he is constantly on watch. He is alert for potential problems, and he is always planning ahead for the next task, whether it is fermentation chores, racking, filtering or ultimately bottling. Yes, it is a sigh of relief. One that will last 3 weeks until we begin the process all over again!
– Barbara Steele
– Barbara Steele
Uncorked!
Monday | 23 November 2009
What’s not to love about the weather in Southern Oregon? Second, many folks told me they were visiting the many new and different wineries who participated yesterday. Of course, most have their favorites whom they visit with each outing, but this year there was something for every taste.
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Post Crush Blues and the Vertical Horizontal
Tuesday | 27 October 2009
Tonight we are hosting a vertical, horizontal tasting. With Bill’s brother Mark, we will be sampling the 2006 Syrah and the 2007 Syrah – vertical. As well, we will be comparing our 2009 acorn squash to the 2009 delicata - horizontal. Food or wine, it’s all about the mouthfeel, taste, finish… Yes, fall is my favorite time of year - a rich season in many ways.
– Barbara Steele
Soiree´du Vin
Sunday | 11 October 2009
Okay, this was wild! After harvesting all day on Saturday, I jumped in the car on Sunday to drive to Silicon Valley for a school fundraiser. It’s a pretty swanky event, lots of very nice wines being poured all for a great cause. As usual, I suffered the intimidations of the event (read previous events to refresh yourself with my cases of nerves) this time due to the caliber of wines on the neighboring tables, being poured with dinner, and being offered for auction. Thankfully it was fleeting, the event was great fun and Cowhorn’s contribution was appreciated by all.
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2008 Syrah just bottled
Tuesday | 20 October 2009
The 2008 Syrah was just bottled a month or so ago. Ahhh…before it went into the bottle, it was full and deep and clearly a more mature vintage than any we have produced so far. Now it is awkward and disconnected – it’s our own personal experience of the movie Bottle Shock! Last, the 2009 Syrah is just an expectation at this point. The berries are in tank and they smell like grape juice, but the beginnings of fermentation are in the air! Being around them is a dream waiting to unfold.
– Barbara Steele
– Barbara Steele
2006 Syrah drinking beautifully
Tuesday | 20 October 2009
The 2006 Syrah is drinking beautifully now. Our first vintage, it now has 18 months in the bottle. This wine has youthful fruitiness, nuances of earthy Syrah-like tones, and the soft, lush richness that only time can produce. The 2007 Syrah has now been in bottle for 6 months and was just recently released in our tasting room. It has structure and firmness, bright cherry and dark earth. It is evolving weekly as the effects of bottle age become evident; it is becoming graceful and powerful, while still structured and soft. Each week, we anticipate experiencing a different, more beautiful wine.
– Barbara Steele
38 Central hosts Cowhorn dinner
Tuesday | 25 August 2009
38 Central is hosting the second in its series of dinners featuring food and wine from Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden. This time, David Graham will serve a flight of three Cowhorn wines—Viognier, Spiral 36 and Syrah—along with a 4-course meal.
Here’s the menu...
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