The Wine Country Online
Grapes and Harvest
 Welcome to issue #4 and an autumn focus on grapes and the harvest. Our first refreshing fall rains are hinting at the coming winter as the premier vintage of this new millennium proceeds from the vines to the barrels and tanks. Frost too will spank the gardens as the farmer struggles with the summer's excess of tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini. The season of canning jar and freezer bag is upon us!
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Morris Pishpot
Jack Burton
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Fall is a particularly pleasant time to visit the countryside where the wine grapes grow. In this issue we invite you to come to Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley with wine made from the varietals Syrah and Petite Syrah in mind. There will be plenty of lovely picnic days before the color is off the vines and summer's golden hills turn to winter's vibrant green.
This quarterly online magazine of California food and wine arts will be published seasonally, posted on the solstices and equinoxes. We will introduce you year-round to the food and wine artisans, the picnics and the places which make Northern California wine country (and Sonoma County in particular) such a wonderful place to live and visit.
