by John Salisbury of Salisbury Vineyards

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“To Screw or not to Screw, That is the Question”. Of course, I am talking about screw caps versus corks – what were some of you thinking? Some real interesting facts came out of an article in Science News. In a survey that focused on the chemistry and flavor of two of our main varietals, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, consumers couldn’t tell… Continue

by John Salisbury of Salisbury Vineyards

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Halleluiah! “All’s well that ends well”. On March 19th, Federal Judge Robin Riblett approved our plan to pay 100% to our creditors on the reorganization of our vineyard (one of our four companies). This is the 113 acre property surrounding the Bassi Ranch Estates, with 30 acres of vineyards, which we planted 10 years ago. We were happily leasing it long term but because the… Continue

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It looks like we are finally getting blessed with a little more rain. Bring it on! We need it to clean accumulated salts out of the root zone that were deposited with our irrigation water that, like most water in the Valley, is high in iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfates. Also, it is obviously important to refresh our aquifers, lakes, and creeks after several years of drought. If El Nino comes through as expected, we can delay our first irrigations by several weeks as compared to the last… Continue

When The Tribune Gets It Wrong, by John Salisbury



“Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated,” as penned by Mark Twain, seems an appropriate reply to The Tribune’s unfortunate and erroneous “Big Buzz” article from December 3.



Our business has suffered greatly since The Tribune published their article. We’ve even had customers call and offer their condolences. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so serious.



To clarify: Salisbury… Continue