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After a another cool, wet spring we worried that 2011 might be another tough vintage.  Then about 3 weeks ago the temperature began to rise and the vines right along with it.  We have seen significant growth this June, roughly 2 feet every 2 weeks.  The estate vineyard looks healthy and primed for a banner year.  Today I spent some time walking the rows, and wanted to share the experience with you.  Hope you enjoy, and have a great Forth of July Weekend! Cheers, Mike Colhoun, Proprietor

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Kathleen Hill reports of her visit to Landmark:

Landmark Vineyards’ owners Mike and Mary Colhoun invited friends to learn about the conversion of their 11-acre vineyard facing Highway 12 from conventional to organic farming by the renowned organic farmer Phil Coturri.

Coturri explained how after a phylloxera invasion of 2004, they turned a negative to a positive and basically plowed deeper to bring more bugs and minerals to the surface and turned the vineyard to an angle so that the September sun would hit both sides of each vine equally.

Having suffered through much wine tasting research in France, winemakers Eric Stern and Greg Stach decided to favor southern Rhône reds like Chateau Neuf du Pape, planting mourvèdre, viognier and grenache, many of the vines arriving via Beau Castel and Tablas Creek winery in Paso Robles. The result is their Esprit du Rhône.

Mary Colhoun’s dear friend and chef, Carol … Read more »

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