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!
https://vimeo.com/250304172 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…
From Vineyard to Bin to Barrel
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
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…