Read More Winemaking Adventures en France 2019 With the vineyard and tasting room in the hands of our trusty staff, Mark and I headed to southern France to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and re-acquaint ourselves with […] Read More… from Adventures en France 2019
Read More Winemaking Winter in the Cellar After fall harvest, the 2018 wines have completed malolactic fermentation and been transferred into oak barrels for aging. The Rosé and white wines are aging in stainless steel tanks and […] Read More… from Winter in the Cellar
Read More Winemaking The History of Marsanne History of the grape Marsanne is native to the northern Rhône valley in France. In the northern Rhône, the varietal has traditionally been blended with Roussanne to bring acidity to […] Read More… from The History of Marsanne
Read More Winemaking Wine of the Month for July 2018 THE DOMAINE ARTEFACT 2016 Marsanne Welcome to Domaine Artefact’s first wine of the month post! In this blog, I am going to profile/feature one of our wines each month. Everyone […] Read More… from Wine of the Month for July 2018
Read More Winemaking Meet the Winemaker Mark Robinson discovered his passion for wine over 30 years ago when he was a student living in the bay area. He and his friends would travel to Napa and […] Read More… from Meet the Winemaker
Read More Winemaking Harvest 2017 We are getting ready for Harvest 2017! We are madly dropping fruit (heavy winter rains have produced a large fruit load) putting up our bird netting, ordering oak barrels and […] Read More… from Harvest 2017