{"id":1459,"date":"2010-05-15T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T04:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2010-05-16T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T18:00:30","slug":"visit-to-milagro-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2010\/05\/15\/visit-to-milagro-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Milagro Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1462\" title=\"IMG_0023\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0023.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0023\" width=\"505\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our May <a href=\"http:\/\/sdaws.org\">SDAWS<\/a> meeting was held at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milagrovineyards.com\/\">Milagro Farm<\/a> today.\u00a0 Jim Hart hosted us and gave us a tour of the vineyards and told us about his recent wine releases.\u00a0 He is winemaker for Milagro Farm Vineyard &amp; Winery and also at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartfamilywinery.com\/\">Hart Winery<\/a> in Temecula.\u00a0 Milagro Farm Vineyard &amp; Winery is in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ramonavalleyvineyards.org\/ramona-valley-ava\">Ramona Valley AVA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1463\" title=\"IMG_0026\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0026.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0026\" width=\"376\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0026.JPG 2048w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0026-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0026-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1465\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1465 \" style=\"margin: 3px;\" title=\"IMG_0024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0024.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0024\" width=\"389\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0024.JPG 2048w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0024-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0024-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Vine Chardonnay<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1466\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1466\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1466 \" style=\"margin: 3px;\" title=\"IMG_0025\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0025.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0025\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0025.JPG 2048w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0025-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0025-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1467\" title=\"IMG_0030\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0030.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0030\" width=\"508\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0030.JPG 2048w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0030-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0030-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The oldest vines on the property are Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.\u00a0 They started putting in more varietals in the past few years including Sauvignon Blanc, Petite Verdot, Barbera and Pinot Grigio, to name a few.\u00a0 One of the biggests (almost literally) pests at the vineyard are the wild turkeys &#8212; they will eat any wine grapes at eye level, and one year they ate a substantial portion of the grapes before they were harvested!<\/p>\n<p>The Farm itself is a lovely property.\u00a0 There is a cellar cave build into the hillside next to the winery building, and a pond just down the path from that.\u00a0 There are also peacocks roaming around the property, as well as the wild turkeys.\u00a0 They are beginning to build a wine tasting room at the entrance to the property as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1471\" title=\"IMG_0020\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0020.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0020\" width=\"628\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1472\" title=\"IMG_0036\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0036.JPG\" alt=\"IMG_0036\" width=\"603\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0036.JPG 2048w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0036-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0036-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We tasted a few wines, including the 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, 2008 Chardonnay, and 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon while Jim told us about his winemaking process for each.\u00a0 We also tasted the 2009 Chardonnay from the tank, it was lovely &#8212; loads of tropical fruits, especially guava and pineapple.\u00a0 My hubby and I liked all of the wines, they were all very well balanced and really showed great varietal character.\u00a0 All in all, another great day out at a lovely vineyard in San Diego county.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/hostedbadge.php?s=5\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our May SDAWS meeting was held at Milagro Farm today.\u00a0 Jim Hart hosted us and gave us a tour of the vineyards and told us about his recent wine releases.\u00a0 He is winemaker for Milagro Farm Vineyard &amp; Winery and also at Hart Winery in Temecula.\u00a0 Milagro Farm Vineyard &amp; Winery is in the Ramona [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[42,17,33,84,85,31,50,59,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1475,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}