http://trouvaillewinery.com Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:40:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Cookbook is here, the cookbook is here -   :-) The Northwest cookbook is Swirl, Sip & Savor by Carold Frieberg, and features original recipes submitted by 100 Northwest wineries, paired with their wines.  There are over 1,250 wineries in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.  We were asked to submit ... http://trouvaillewinery.com/annoucements-events-2010 We had our release party for our 2007 vintage on April 17th and 18th, 2010, and had a great time.  For those that came out thank you very much for supporting our winery and it was wonderful to see everyone. http://trouvaillewinery.com/the-2010-vintage A wild year in terms of weather starting in the spring, with late snow in the vineyards, during the summer the vines were trying to catch up for the late start, and then a wild harvest with a major freeze hitting very early in October.  We managed to escape without ... http://trouvaillewinery.com/the-2009-vintage Where to start... the winery was supposed to have been completed, but we are still trying to finish up the work while preparing for and doing crush. Our new gravity flow designed crush pad has been inaugurated with this years crush, it works beautifully, and just as it was designed and envisioned. ... http://trouvaillewinery.com/the-2008-vintage It looks to be a pretty good year for our vineyards. The challenges at the winery are being met with creativity, as construction is well under way, and crush is happening in what seems like a war zone. Thanks to the great volunteers, friends and family we've made it through this year's crush ... http://trouvaillewinery.com/the-2007-vintage Our first commercial vintage was a challenging one. One week into "crush", (the term used in the wine industry to describe the start of harvest and crushing of the grapes), Attila broke his foot, ankle and heel in an accident. The following weeks and months were extremely difficult, trying to ... http://trouvaillewinery.com/first-commercial-vintage-2006