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
Barrels of fun for sale
Wednesday | 04 May 2011
From bistro tables to bird houses, used wine barrels offer a super stylish way to reduce, reuse and recycle. Each summer we’ve been happy to see about 10 to 15 Cowhorn barrels get a second lease on life at new homes around the Rogue.As Cowhorn continues to grow, we will have more beautiful old barrels to roll out each summer. This year, we expect to have closer to 30 barrels available for purchase for $35 each, or two for $50. Such a deal!
Barrels are available on a first come, first serve basis. So if you know you want one (or two), please be sure to say so when you make your appointment for a tasting and tour of the estate.
And if you’re inspired to send us photos of your barrel’s new life as an ice chest or a dog house, we’d love to see them!
Green wine gets new pitchman
Friday | 22 April 2011
This Earth Day wine lovers woke up to a new world of Earth-friendly choices with the public beta of ConsciousWine, a web portal devoted exclusively to wines that are as good for the planet as they are for the palate.Starring the larger-than-life, 5-foot 6-inch Jeff Weissler, aka “The ConsciousWine Guy,” the site features a webisodic wine show, online radio program, blog and directory covering vintners who grow grapes and make wine the Old World way, naturally.
With a fun, casual style that is anything but snobby, Weissler helps wine lovers and treehuggers alike, get to the heart of what really makes wine green, and good.
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Where can I get more Spiral 36?
Thursday | 18 November 2010
One of the founding members of the unofficial Spiral 36 fan club did a little looking around online and found a few places that might still have a case or two for sale. Below is a list of links to what little may be left of our 2009 Spiral 36.
And fear not Spiral lovers, you can rest easy remembering that we planted nearly 14,000 more marsanne, roussanne and viognier vines this year to keep up.
» Pure Vine Wines
» K&L Wine Merchants
» Northwest Wine
Pacific Wine Review visits COWHORN #2
Thursday | 18 November 2010
In this second video from Pacific Wine Review, Barbara explains about being both organic and biodynamic along with an introduction to closed-loop farming, perennial polyculture, inter-cropping, cover-cropping, and a year-round harvest schedule that includes truffles, asparagus, artichokes, cherries, and of course, grapes. And did you know that our winery was built entirely with lumber from our land? You’ll learn about all of this and more in this six-minute video.
The Giants are in the World Series!
Thursday | 28 October 2010
Oh, and it’s time for punchdowns. Fermentation has begun so punchdowns are daily now. It’s more work than fun!
2009 Spiral 36 Update
Thursday | 06 May 2010
Just in case you are wondering, the 2009 Spiral vintage is being bottled this week and should be available in July. Seems like our new expansion acres, which will mostly be for Spiral production, can’t get here fast enough!
– Barbara Steele
– Barbara Steele
Rosé in May
Thursday | 15 April 2010
Get ready Rosé lovers! In May, we will be releasing just 170 cases of a wine that’s hard to part with. Before the dog days of the Southern Oregon summer set in, we recommend that you stock up on this very limited production of a Rogue Rosé that is becoming a perennial favorite around the region. As always, there’s nothing but nature in the bottle.
Club COWHORN members and Grapevine subscribers get first dibs. We’ll alert you via email when we’ve stocked our online store.
Cowhorn and the Giants
Wednesday | 03 March 2010
Last week, we poured COWHORN wines at “A Taste of Place,” which was a trade show featuring Biodynamic® foods, wines and compost. Yeah, it doesn’t get any more glam than a trade show with a booth full of compost! It was a great day and COWHORN was very well received.
The next day we did all the paperwork, etc to make it real with Revel and then two days later … Bill drove a truck of Cowhorn wine to SF! More to come as we begin meeting customers. With any luck initial meetings will coincide with the start of baseball season!
Rosé is ready to bottle!
Friday | 19 February 2010
– Barbara Steele
First Club COWHORN Pickup Party
Sunday | 14 February 2010
With strong notes of cherry, hints of spice and a nice finish, the wine “jumped out of the glass” to several tasters. Paired with the wines were several cheeses from Rogue Creamery (thanks Tom, both cheeses were gone by events end) as well as homemade cookies and breads by our wonderful in-house chef, Barbara.
Thanks to all that attended for making the event a rousing success. If only it had gone by a little slower.
– 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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