News & Updates

Every couple of weeks Hailey and I receive a cut out of some article typically from the Wall Street Journal and typically from Hailey's father Lee. The articles vary from what it is to be a parent, the drone industry, leadership, sports and most importantly wine. This particular piece written by Alexandra Kleeman struck home in a number of ways for me. From the way Sparkling wine and Champagne in particular have been marketed in a way which subconsciously we have to justify opening a bottle for some pre-defined special occasion. The internal battle between husband and wife in which the reckless husband can always find an excuse to open a bottle whereas the wife is insistent that this occasion should be scheduled out and planned for. The article climaxes to a story about the authors parents bringing over a 30 year old bottle of wine for her 30th birthday...you'll have to click on the hyperlink link above so I don't ruin the story. From it though we can never forget the importance of now and how precious every moment really is!

"After a long and heavy winter wrecked much of southwest Idaho’s 2017 grape harvest, local vineyards and wineries alike are excited to see that this year’s harvest is on the upswing." We love seeing Idaho wine being mentioned in local press, and adore hearing about it on the radio! Check out this quick story from Boise State Public Radio about our 2018 harvest.

For the full article and to listen to this story, click here.

We had a lovely visit from Lenn Thompson at the beginning of the harvest season this year. He was visiting from the East Coast and we had a great time getting to know him. We really hope we get a chance to get on the river with him during his next visit to Idaho, we're glad to hear he liked it so much he'll be back!

To read his full article about his visit and the Idaho wines he loved, click here.

We had a lovely visit from Lenn Thompson at the beginning of the harvest season this year. He was visiting from the East Coast and we had a great time getting to know him. We really hope we get a chance to get on the river with him during his next visit to Idaho, we're glad to hear he liked it so much he'll be back!

To read his full article about his visit and the Idaho wines he loved, click here.

"When you think of Idaho, you might think of outdoor adventures and potatoes. But, wine? Believe it or not, the young, small, yet mighty and quickly growing wine community is producing some pretty fantastic wines." Ari Bendersky writes a great little review of many of our neighbors in this article.

For the full article, click here.

While our wines aren't featured in this article, Birichino's sparkling Malvasia is! We have tried this wine, and some of the others on the list, and think they are delicious! But the reason we are highlighting Birichino's Malvasia is because we hope to be making a sparkling Malvasia in years to come. If you can get your hands on some of it, please do, it's worth it!

To read the full Bloomberg article, click here.

We poured at our first Savor Idaho this summer! It was so much fun seeing so many familiar faces, and getting to meet so many new Idaho wine lovers. Next year is going to be a blast too!

Eric Degerman, from Great Northwest Wine came over to Boise to write about the event and check out all the new happenings in the Idaho industry. You can read his full story about the event here.

The Idaho Matters team talked to the Idaho Wine Commission about the explosive growth of vineyards and wineries in the Snake River Valley.

The Idaho wine industry is catching more attention from local, regional, and national outlets. Our own 6 On Your Side team featured a story about Savor Idaho, the Idaho Wine Commissions big event that showcases Idaho wines to people that attend the event. To watch the story from 6 On Your Side, click here.

Oraganoleptic is a word we heard a lot at the 2018 Sparkling Symposium. The event was hosted at the Northwest Wine Studies Center in Salem, OR, where we spent a day learning from a slew of speakers and panels about how to make better sparkling wine. As that word, oraganoleptic, kept being thrown around by speakers and panels, we were in the back googling away (thank goodness for smart phones). It's really a cool word, so let us explain it a little:

Organoleptic - involving use of the sense organs; being, affecting, or relating to qualities of a substance that stimulate the sense organs, i.e. taste, smell, color, feel.

The way the speakers were using the word, we also understand organoleptic to be a non-exact way to measure certain things, especially that pertain to an individuals experience and explanation about a sensory experience.

Try to use it in conversation this week, organoleptic!

Nicole Foy writes a great perspective on the Idaho wine beat, especially focusing on the harsh winter of 2016-2017 that severely depleted the Idaho grape crop at harvest of 2017.

To read the full story, click here.

There is a lot of biology, chemistry, anthropology, history, anecdotes, and apparently physics in each bottle of wine. The physics become much more exciting with sparkling wine, because of all that pressure built up in the bottle. Helen Czerski did a great job explaining some of the basics of those physics in an article at the end of last year in the Wall Street Journal.

Sometimes learning more about the process of making wine (or anything for that matter) can be somewhat overwhelming and not add to the beauty of enjoying that wine (or whatever it might be); but Helen explains the physics behind opening a bottle of bubbles, and some of the interesting things that happen in the milliseconds after a cork is popped. Your friends might never believe you when you tell them that the temperature drops to -94F around the neck of the bottle when you first open it, but you'll know you're right and have Helen's experiments to back you up along the way. She makes learning about the physics of a bottle of bubbles a joy, so let's keep on learning about all the interesting things that happen with a bottle of bubbles.

To read the full article, please visit the link here.

Hailey recently had the opportunity to sit down with Michelle Leonardson and her podcast "Where The Wine Is" on two different occasions. The first discussion detailed getting started in the industry while the second focused on 3100 Cellars and the Idaho Wine industry. Both of these podcasts are available for streaming here: Episode 12 3100 Cellars and Idaho Wines, Episode 7 Career in Wine

Wow! We're so excited to be mentioned in such good company. We have not released any wine yet, but we are hoping to disgorge and release in the next few months... keep visiting our website for up to date details!

What a great blurb about 3100 Cellars from Mike Dunne at the The Sacramento Bee. We were lucky enough to meet him when he was up in Idaho this fall, and are excited to share some of our wines with him the next time he comes up!

Can’t wait to share our wines with everyone, especially the hardcore supporters like Eric Degerman who has been interested and sharing our story since day one.