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Dysfunctional Family Winery launches online
Dysfunctional Family Winery announces the launch of our online presence – subscribers and followers receive a special discount!
For the holidays, subscribers and followers receive an instant 20% discount on all orders through January 3rd. Ready to shop? Click here. Discount – 20% instant discount code: click on the…Keep Reading >>
The smoky grape harvest of Sonoma 2020
A smoky harvest like no other…
Pandemic, wildfires, smoke, and riots. And who can forget the electromagnetic solar pulse that destroyed the electrical grid! While all this mayhem has been going on, the Sonoma wine industry has been grappling with a grape harvest like no other. While firefighters fought…Keep Reading >>
Wine label press check, Dysfunctional Family chickens, egg frittata, fresh tacos and recipes, sourdough, art, NorCal fires, and walnut slabs…
What would wine be without a label? (We do have a word for naked wine bottles…they’re called “shiners.”) Join me on a quick road trip as I travel to our wine label printer’s factory, MPI Label in Stockton Ca. After the wine team completes the brand identity, trademark, label design,…
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Iconic Sebastiani vineyards returning to glory…
Hydeout Sonoma was selected by one of the arms of the historic Sebastiani wine family to return two iconic vineyards to their former glory. But it almost takes a secret Sonoma decoder ring to explain the vaunted family history, players, vineyards, and wines. More on that later. Let’s start with…
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Dysfunctional Family Winery: Shelter in Place Delivery
What can a winemaker do to ease the shelter in place burden? Hand deliver wine, of course. Members of our growing ‘Dysfunctional Family’ wine community receive their bottles of wine, sometimes in a direct handoff, sometimes over the fence. This was in early April 2020 before masks and gloves! And
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