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It only took us since the beginning of the internet…
Hell-o new WEB site for Cameron Winery! We have been working on you for a while now but finally you are ready to reveal yourself.
The new web site is primarily intended to be informational. And entertaining … in fact sometimes more entertaining than actually informational! You will note that we are maintaining vineyard and cellar photo galleries and blogs regarding everything that goes on at Cameron Winery. This will include reports on the goats, chickens, geese (Fois and Gras), our honey bees, Guido…the winery policeman, and the human component, as well as the more mundane aspects of growing grapes and making and aging aging pinot noir, chardonnay, and more …
Waiting for label approvals
Many wine consumers may not be aware that each and every wine package that they see on store shelves has had to go through a vetting process by a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department. Certain information such as percentage of alcohol, brand names and warning labels must be present in order to obtain an approval. With the thousands of labels that enter the U.S. market each year, the Treasury Department must devote significant resources toward the approval process.
I therefore greet with considerable dismay the continuing cutbacks in a “meat axe” fashion that the so-called pro-business party has levied against the federal government…
Global Warming
So you don’t “believe” in Global Climate Change? Really? Which means that you are most likely among the ranks of those who don’t “believe” in evolution which necessarily means that you don’t “believe” in DNA or mutations. Ignorance must be a beautiful thing for the ignorant since it makes life so simple. Still I am amazed at the wholesale rejection of science by a widening sector of our country and even the vilification of scientists in the process.
But if you farm for a living, you cannot escape the effects of what is happening climatically.
“Outstanding” tickets on sale now
Tickets are on sale for our Outstanding In the Field Dinner Sunday July 3, 2011! Guest Chef Troy McLarty and his friend David Padberg of Park Kitchen will do the guest cheffing out at our place. Last season’s event was a lot of fun… Tickets will go fast, so don’t miss it!
