by NovaCadamatre | Oct 7, 2018 | Finger Lakes Life, Vintage Notes, Viticulture, Winemaking
This has been an insane year. I haven’t had much time to post at all which I’m incredibly disappointed by. However, the 2018 harvest is shaping up to be a very interesting one. Over the summer, my family and I relocated back to Napa, California but we...
by NovaCadamatre | May 1, 2018 | Winemaker 2 Winemaker
This month’s Winemaker 2 Winemaker interview travels back to California’s Central Coast to visit with winemaker Stephen Dooley. Stephen grew up in the upper Midwest and attended Mankato State University and the University of California, Davis, to earn a...
by NovaCadamatre | Mar 21, 2018 | Master of Wine Life, Master Of Wine Studies
I’ve taken a long time to write this post. When I first found out way back in September that I had finally finished what I had been working towards tirelessly for 8 long years, it was somewhat surreal. My sister, her husband, and my nephew were in town visiting...
by NovaCadamatre | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is not often I have a WTF moment in winemaking however today I was introduced to the concept of instant pot wine. You can read the entire post here but personally I have so many issues with this I’m not even sure where to start. “This Guy (ME!) Figured out How to...
by NovaCadamatre | Jan 22, 2018 | Travel, Viticulture, Winemaking
This week the entire country decends upon Sacramento, CA for the 2018 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium. This is, by far, the largest wine focused trade show in the US. All the suppliers for anything having to do with grapes or wine are in attendance and one can easily...
