Author Archives: laurie

Harvest Begins

Sun peeking over the horizon, walking up the steep hill, sky amazingly blue, air crisp and cool, sorting beautiful purple fruit, sweet sticky fingers…ahhh, harvest has begun…

Back at It…

Sorry for the lack of entries over the last few weeks…Whew! Sometimes life just gets in the way…
I always expect summer to be that lazy break between the craziness of Spring & Fall…silly girl…that just isn’t true!  Three great winemaker dinners in Houston, Texas, marketing the yummy 2004 Estate, ‘07 Wild Iris & ‘05 Three Stones, final [...]

New Movement at Clark-Claudon: Pairing Stellar Wine with Generous Donations

We are so excited about this new focus!
 
  From the vineyard…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to the bottle…
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to medical and educational outreach… the circle feels complete. 
 
Since our Peace Corp experience, hands-on-philanthropy has played an important role in Tom’s & my life.  We learned as young adults that the perceived giver is often the receiver. From Colombia to Nicaragua to [...]

Thanks to the Tremendous Fire Fighters Across the State!

It has been like living in a mushroom cloud around here.  As we all tried to adjust to the dark choking gloom I appreciated our firefighters on a whole new level.  Thankfully most, if not all, of the fires are now contained or under control.  The blue sky has not returned, but at least the air [...]

Great Conversation Wine Facts

Did you know…
One barrel of wine equals 20 cases which equals 1200 glasses of wine
A ton of grapes makes about 720 bottles of wine, or 60 cases
One vine, on a hillside like ours, produces about 2 bottles of wine or 10 glasses annually
Each bottle of wine contains about 2.8 pounds of grapes.  That means each 5-oz glass [...]