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A Painted House a Day – Christy Tremblay art opening

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Join us on Saturday, January 24th, 2015, from 5-8 pm, when Christy Tremblay will be on hand to discuss her art show “A Painted House a Day“.  Ms. Tremblay, a mixed media artist,  was selected for the next exhibition at the winery due to her unique perspective on military life.

Christy just completed an art challenge, A Painted House A Day. Her goal was to create with paint and mixed media one house image a day, for 183 days. She completed 183 Painted Houses from March 2014 to September 2014.

A Northwest native, Ms Tremblay has taught in Korea and visited cities, rural areas and islands in Southeast Asia. She started using the imagery of houses in her art about four years ago when she and her family were living on Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. They had a historical Bungalow with a lot of charm.  She says, ” Growing up I had two houses I called ‘home.’ As an adult and with a family of my own, I have had many houses to make a home. My husband is Active Duty Army and we move often.  Although a move comes with work and saying goodbyes, we embrace each move and look forward to our new adventures, people to meet, and places to explore. Houses are houses. A home is for a family to create safety, love, and memories. As I make each move with my two daughters and husband, I find our locations and houses to change, but our home stays the same.”

The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with Ms. Tremblay’s artwork, which will be available for sale throughout the spring.  Wines produced on the premise will be available for savoring as folks view and purchase these local art treasures.

For more information, read Christy’s blog!

Salado on the Rocks – Saturday, February 7

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“Take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lime, and a shot of Salado”

Join us Saturday, February 7th, 2015 for Salado on the Rocks! From 5pm – 9pm, Salado businesses will be open late and will serve signature mixed drinks (wine in our shop, of course!) and nibbles. It’s a great opportunity to check out everything Salado has to offer.

Buy tickets on eventbrite.com

Thankful for RECYCLING!

who drank all that wine?

who drank all that wine?

This is the time to count our blessings and I sure am a lucky one, so I’ve tried to concoct a clever post that would wax poetically about how grateful I am–but I’m just not very good at it.

So instead, I just want to tell you about a simple blessing that has come about in my business this past year.  The great folks at Keep Salado Beautiful and Al Clawson Disposal teamed up and brought single stream curbside recycling to Main Street, Salado,TX!

I love it! Now the empty wine bottles are all recycled along with all of our paper & cardboard.  Thank-You!

#SaladoTx #SaladoRecycle #SaladoWineryRecycles #wineBottleRecycling #recycling

 

 

The United Estates of Texas Wine Festival

UEoT8x10CWineriesWhere can you taste the beauty of Texas?  The United Estates of Texas Wine Festival at The Vineyard at Florence, featuring wineries from all over our great state!  For only $15, receive a souvenir wine glass, tote and 10 pours of your choice from world-class producing Texas wineries.  Call The Vineyard at Florence for your tickets, 254-793-3363, or visit their website at thevineyardatflorence.com.

We’ll be hanging out at The Vineyard at Florence from 12pm – 3pm on Saturday, October 18th pouring our favorite wines, so come join us!

 

 

Rootin’ Tootin!

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We need your help tasting some wine!  We’re trying to decide the perfect formulation for Rootin’ Tootin.  This next batch is going to be oh, sOOO sWEET!  So stop by and taste a couple for me and vote for your favorite one

Bottling May 2014


Vineyard Blessing 2014

Blessing Vineyard InvitationSunday, May 18, 2:00 pm

Join us at 2 pm, Sunday, May 18 at our vineyard for the Blessing of the Vineyard.  Presiding over the ceremony will be Rev. Bob Bliss of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Salado, TX. Following the blessing, at approximately 3pm, the group will travel to Salado Winery at 841 N. Main St., Salado, to bless the wine in production and enjoy a reception.

Friends & family are welcome.  Children will enjoy the procession outdoors.  Pets on leashes are also invited.  Casual Attire.  The vineyard is covered by grass, so we encourage you to wear sandals or sneakers, sun block, and perhaps bug spray.  This event will be held rain or shine.

Salado Winery’s Vineyard
21724 Hill Road
Salado, TX 76571 I-35

Take exit 279, proceed east/south up hill and we’ll see you there!  map

Trying out our NEW Vinmetrica

look what Santa brought!

look what Santa brought!

We are so excited!  Santa bought us a Vinmetrica for Christmas! Now we can test SO2, TA and pH much faster.  Hopefully this will also lead to better winemaking.  Thank-you Santa!

October 2013 Malolactic Fermentation Completion Test

oct 2013 malolactic testOn Thursday, October 17, 2013, we ran malolactic testing on our 2013 wines.  We were unable to find our capillary tubes, so our dots are too big and a bit sloppy.  For some reason, our control acids do not show.  I think you can still see though, that it appears that the malolactic bacteria have nearly completed their job in all of the wines except the BRV red.  The malolactic bacteria were added to the chardonnay 3 months ago and the temperatures have been plenty warm, so it looks complete.  The reds received their inoculation of bacteria about 6 weeks ago and may not be totally complete, but they are close.

Harvest is Done!

we survived the wasps & bees!

we survived the wasps & bees!

Finally, we’ve finished harvesting our two tons of grapes at our Salado Vineyard.  Here is the Labor Day crew after destemming & crushing the cabernet sauvignon. Now on to fermentation!

Here are some statistics though to keep you entertained while the yeast does its job making wine…

2013 harvest (latest ever)

chardonnay 871 lbs

merlot 1000 lbs

sangiovese 842 lbs

cabernet sauvignon 1287 lbs