Gardens Victorious
Where did you get your green thumb? Perhaps someone in your early life had a vegetable garden that bore meaningful fruit and you enjoyed harvesting...
Category: Spice Blog
A Veggie Plot in a Parking Lot
“Anywhere outside of California,” exclaimed one visitor who would know, “you’d be considered hippies.” Our several veggie plots and containers on the periphery of our...
Burgundy and the Central Coast
When a New World winemaker claims to make a “Burgundian wine,” it is really an impossible statement. So many differences separate Burgundy and California that...
The Wide World of Pinot Noir
When was the last time you went wine tasting and only sipped one varietal all day: the same grape in every glass? After several years...
Giving Grapes: Ehlers Estate
To the tourist driving along Napa Valley’s Highway 29 who glimpses a stone building planted among the vines and towering olive trees, Ehlers Estate might seem...
How to Make Vinegar
Craig Clark of Chaparral Gardens Artisan Vinegars explains how to make vinegar: Take any fermenting alcohol liquid and expose it to oxygen. This creates the formation...
