Wine & Chocolate 2009

We had a fabulous time at the 2009 Wine and Chocolate Weekend! We met so many great new friends and got to see a lot of old friends too!

The wine paired perfectly with our chocolate sauce and fudge, and Stringin’ Along provided an up-beat and fun atmosphere!

We hope all of you that stopped by enjoyed your visit and will come back soon! Take a look at our Wine & Chocolate Slide show to see just a few of the friends who stopped by!

We'd also like to congratulate our raffle winners from the Wine & Chocolate: Jo Lewandowski and Cindy Spencer! They each receive a bottle of our 2006 Red Fusion.

Event Schedule 2009

Event Schedule 2009

We have some exciting events coming up in 2009! We are currently getting ready for the Wine & Chocolate Weekend on February 14-15th. We hope you will make Borra your first stop! We will have great Wine & Chocolate pairings that will include our Fusion Chocolate Sauce, our Zinfandel Fudge, and more!

Our first 2009 La Dolce Vita Wine Club Pick-Up Party is scheduled for February 28th! Our Wine Club Members get to enjoy great savings on wine, fun Pick-Up Parties, exclusive wines, 2 free Friday Fusion Passes, and more! If you would like to find out more information about our Wine Club, feel free to give us a call or go to our website, www.BorraVineyards.com!

More information about our Fusion Fridays will be coming soon!

The First Sip

We had a fantastic time at The First Sip on November 8th and 9th. We met so many new and wonderful people, and also saw a lot of old friends!

The wine was plentiful, the sausage was delicious, and the music by Swinging Along was so engaging and fun. We also got the pleasure of getting to see some beautiful hand-crafted wood furniture by Pete Troiani of Wine Cask Creations. Thank you to everyone who helped make our weekend so much fun!

We hope all who stopped by had a wonderful time and will come back to see us soon.

Our two lucky winners for the First Sip Drawing were: Wanda Van Santen and Sandy Knudson. They will both receive a bottle of our Red Fusion! Congratulations!

Connecting With You!!!

To help better connect with you, I've now set up a myspace and facebook account! You can easily see pictures from our events and will receive bulletins and posts on upcoming wine happenings!

Myspace url: www.myspace.com/borravineyards

Facebook: Borra Vineyards

Can't wait to add you as a friend or a fan!!

July Fusion Friday

Our July Fusion Friday was a ton of fun! We enjoyed a relaxing evening with great food provided by Yasoo Yani. I’d like to thank them for providing such wonderful appetizers. The entertainment from Two for Blues was a huge hit! I’d like to thank them as well for providing such wonderful music.

I hope you enjoy this slideshow of our event. I look forward to seeing you at our next Fusion Friday on August 1!

Second Fusion Friday

Our second Fusion Friday of the year, last night, was just as successful as our first! The evening was perfect, with excellent food provided by Via Panera Fresh Catering. I’d like to thank them for providing such wonderful appetizers. Everyone also enjoyed dancing to music by John Ochoa, while the sun started to set. Thank you, John for helping set the perfect ambiance for the evening.

I hope you will enjoy this slide show showing just how much fun the evening was. We look forward to seeing even more of you at our next Fusion Friday on July 11th!

Ciao!

Steve

Polishing Up

Last week we bottled more Red Fusion and prepared our White Fusion to bottle this weekend. Because we believe in non-interventionist winemaking, we rarely filter our reds. Also, our reds are usually aged for more than a year, so they clarify naturally over time through settling then racking.

However, because most customers don't like any cloudiness in their white wines, we usually give our Chardonnay and White Fusion a lite "polish" filtration. This means we use filter pads with spacious pores to allow all the best aroma and flavor components to pass through, while catching those that make the wine look dirty. The result are brilliant wines that are beautiful to hold up to the light and just look at.

Setting up the filter itself can take some work and concentration, as you can see. Each of the 40 white filter pads must be oriented perfectly, then the whole filter assembly is screwed shut as tightly as possible, or wine will leak all over the floor or squirt out the edges. That's why it's really nice to have a guy that weightlifts regularly as my assistant winemaker!

Ciao!

Steve