Summer 2012.

We are open and here every day now.

NEXT EVENT

Maureen Washington will be here on the afternoon of August 4th for the opening of our new Art Gallery.

artists: Joe Rosenblatt, Marci Katz, Bill Friesen

SUMMER 2012

July 15th-2012
Terry Brennan will be here on Saturday afternoon, July 21st. A composer and musician with a large range of jazz, roots and blues. Bring your picnic and your friends. THIS WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON.

July 6th-2012
The Grape Escape is tomorrow and we will be tasting At the Gate and On the Patio for the convenience of the cyclists.
Bases Loaded wil play on the patio in the afternoon.
Pintxos at the gate and Pintxos and Tapas on the Patio.

June 15th-2012.
Groupon coupons from 2011. About ten of these are still outstanding. Come anytime. And we will extend this as necessary. Just phone to let us know when you are coming. We are open 12 to 5 every day until October 15th.

June 7th-2012.
Early May gave the vineyard a great start. But early June has been damp, wet, cold or colder. We're 3/4's of the way through painting the outside of the house however, despite the cold and the vines are growing quite rapidly thanks to the early May boost.

May 1st-2012.
Making good progress on setting up appointments for the last handful of Groupon visitors. And repairing the road in after a drizzly winter. April 18th, 2012 Heading for Cadaques. Joine us on Facebook for images: www.facebook.com/wiliam.david.godfrey Dec 22nd, 2011
Birthday party for Carles. Ada Lou and Zev got to visit the farm. Zev had a solstice bonfire. Ada Lou did her spin dance. About 1/3rd of the Gewurtz is pruned. Warren felled a large fir for the main beam in the cava: about 2400 lbs; 24" at the butt. Less than 1/2 a percent of our timber resource.

December 19th
Web site is redesigned and the changover begun.

November 6th
Wine making & bottling starting up.
Redesigning this web site.

October 30
Finished harvest. The Foch tree produced about 70 lbs; should be enough for a case. Working on the cava all month. Working on integrating website with Facebook with our Wordpress blog.


This kind of data is now going to be in a blog. Probably in this left pane of a window.
There will be about 10 blogs incorporated with the web site so that different people can edit parts of the site.

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Welcome to the Godfrey Brownell Vineyard web site. We are a 60 acre farm with 12 acres of active grape production and another 4 acres of experiments plus 30 acres of a sustainably managed forest  and salmon creek.

We are open seven days a week this summer: 12 to 5 pm. Bookings: Lynn & Laurie:20th. Lena: 28th: 2 pm. Olga and Mark: 29th.

Summer is Here!!!! 

We have new, big reds. All three bottled directly from the barrel after at least five years of aging. Gamay Noir,  Pinot Noir & Foch.

Foch, single barrel, from the 2003 harvest. Dark and lovely. 22+ cases.
Pinot Noir, single barrel, from the 2006 harvest. Elegant as a Pinot Should be. 21+ cases
Gamay Noir, single barrel, from the 2003 harvest: amazing complexity. 22 and a half cases.
Music on Saturdays from now through the wine festival.
  • July 21st is the charming Terry Brennan trio
August 4th is the opening of our art gallery with the first show
featuring three Island artists.


Maureen Washington will provide the entertainment.

Maureen will also be here for the Wine Festival. Saturday September 15th.


Orkestar Slivovica will be here for the Labour Day Bash. September 2nd and 3rd.

 

 

SUMMER 2012


We had big weekends on the 1st and the 7th.

 

On the 7th we hosted the MS Grape Escape cyclists.

 

Intriguing music was provided by the Bases Loaded Trio.

They will be back.


Great tapas by our chef from Barcelona: Roger Abram.

 

 

 

This image arrived at Christmas from a visit last summer:. An Oregon visitor with the crew from 2011."We just enjoyed a bottle of your 04/05 Gamay Noir/Foch  with our ravioli dinner on Christmas eve.  It was fabulous.  We hope top return this summer and perhaps buy another bottle or two.  Happy holidays!!" Jim & Nancy.

And, as always, people are having fun!

 

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We grow Chardonnay. Foch. Pinot Noir. Gamay Noir. Pinot Gris and Bacchus. On our second farm, we also grow Gewürztraminer (traminer aromatique) and a little Merlot.

In addition to grapes, we grow squash, figs, trees for timber and ornament, apples, pears and most of the vegetables we eat during the year.

At the moment, we rebuilding this web site, but all the links should still work. One addition will be a series of blogs covering: the Koksilah Valley, winemaking, vineyard description & history etc, etc.

A sample of the new Blogs is here , in a new tab. It shows information about wineries, restaurants and organizations in the Valley.

And we're still having fun!

...Nuria & Friends.    

...Carles & Xavi in Duncan   

 Sonia & Cristina &Laura at  Megan's home.

      The farewell Party for Carles      .

Finding Bright Angel Park


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