Martha Dixon, Author at Siboney Cellars

Wine Tasting – And The Wine Maker on the Other Side of the Table

June 05

Categories: Barbara, Miguel, Passion

Last night, we set up a dozen glasses to taste through red wine barrel samples from the 2017 Harvest. Barbara and I have tasted wines through a number of professional programs over the years.Last nights’s tasting – assessing our own wines – well, this was something entirely different, for both of us. …

2018 #TxWine Growing Season Underway – Spring Report

May 22

Categories: Texas Hill Country

As the growing season for the 2018 Vintage is ramping up, we traveled to the High Plains AVA with Doug Reed of Hawk’s Shadow Winery, and visited with our vineyard partners. A brief report from Siboney Cellars, Miguel Lecuona: Hill Country– On our way to the High Plains we visited Drew Tallent in Mason. We checked on Drew’s Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo, which we harvested last season and plan to follow up again for 2018. Drew’s site is one of…

January 2018 – Blending Trials Underway!

January 09

Categories: Wine making

Everything is coming into focus — Barbara’s blending trials are now at hand. Tasting through samples from our 20 barrels resting in the cellars at Hawk’s Shadow — red, white, ros, and our aforementioned port — the way forward points directly to a Spring Release of our premiere wines. And we can’t wait to share it with you! Sign up for allocations, wine releases and invitations to release event Blending trials are fascinating, and give us even more respect for…

From Vineyard to Bin to Barrel

September 27

Categories: Wine making, Wines

Siboney Cellars has completed the 2017 Harvest — our very first — and happily, at the high end of our volume expectations. Now in the grand scheme of things, being above our modest plan doesn’t amount to a whole lot, but when you are doing it all yourself by hand, you definitely feel it! I should say, Barbara definitely feels it, as she is the one who has done substantially ALL of it! Splitting time between our own harvest and that…

Siboney Cellars – The inspiration Behind the Name

September 05

Categories: Passion, Press

Siboney Cellars takes its name from a personal metaphor that speaks to the journey of the owners, and is embodied in several meanings of the word, Siboney (See-Bo-NAY) Siboney is a beautiful old Cuban song written in 1929 by Ernesto Lecuona. A true child prodigy and prolific songwriter, Lecuona composed many classical pieces, theatrical plays, and ground-breaking Afro-Cuban songs. Well known in Cuba, Latin America and the USA, nominated for an Academy Award, and inducted into…

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Author: Martha Dixon

Wine Tasting – And The Wine Maker on the Other Side of the Table

2018 #TxWine Growing Season Underway – Spring Report

January 2018 – Blending Trials Underway!

From Vineyard to Bin to Barrel

Siboney Cellars – The inspiration Behind the Name

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