by John on September 11, 2012 in Featured, From the Heart
Reading Wine Spectator reviews on camera is more than a little outside my comfort zone, but in honor of Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews, it had to be done. Here’s my rendition of former editor James Suckling’s A Century-Old Wine Worth Staying Up Too Late. Remember: what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. And imitation [...]
by Lisa on September 6, 2012 in Featured, From the Heart, News
When our friends at Eater.com introduced us to the Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews video series, our entry into Wine Spectator‘s 2012 Lights! Camera! Pour! Video Contest began to take shape. Why hasn’t anyone ever made a video of someone reading a long-form wine review? Maybe, just maybe, wine lovers might find it as amusing as foodies [...]
by Brent on August 30, 2012 in Featured, From the Vineyards
The results from our vineyard grafting experiment are nearly complete, and I’m very pleased with the first estate Malbec grapes that will be harvested in early October. Using soil-mapping study findings, we grafted two under-performing Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard blocks and one Merlot block over to Malbec and Petit Verdot. The transformation of the vineyards over [...]
by Lisa on August 20, 2012 in Featured, News
On Saturday, The Journey of Jordan received the Best Winery Blog award at the 2012 Wine Blog Awards ceremony, hosted in conjunction with the Wine Bloggers Conference. For the first time in years–if not my entire life–I was at a loss for words. Standing on stage in front of a ballroom with a ghost-white flood light pointed [...]
by Rob on August 7, 2012 in From the Vineyards
Veraison is underway in our vineyards, and what a difference a year makes. The onset of ripening, veraison is the time in a grapevine’s annual lifecycle when the red grapes change from green to purple hues–when acidity decreases and sugars begin to accumulate. Winemakers want the grape clusters to go through veraison fairly quickly, because the [...]
by Lisa on July 31, 2012 in News
While traveling across the country to celebrate our 40th anniversary, we found Jordan bottles on display in some very creative places–paired with some of our fans’ favorite things. Photographs of these “pairings” inspired our next photography contest: What Would You Pair with Jordan Wine? Today through September 30, we’re asking friends to create a photo that [...]
by Brent on July 25, 2012 in Featured, From the Vineyards
We constantly experiment in the vineyards, always seeking ways to improve fruit quality and uniformity of the grape clusters–which ultimately leads to a higher quality wine. Trying to push the bar even higher with Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon is no easy task. We use precision farming techniques based on our soil mapping study and continue to [...]
by Rob on July 19, 2012 in From the Heart
by Lisa on July 18, 2012 in Featured, News
We’re proud to announce our nomination for Best Winery Blog in the 2012 Wine Blog Awards. Voting is now open, so vote for your favorite wine blogs here. Winners of each category will be determined 50% by public vote and 50% by official judges vote, so we encourage all our fans to cast your votes [...]
by Lisa on July 16, 2012 in Featured, News
After nearly four months of celebrating our 40th anniversary in cities across the country, we are humbled by the outpouring of support and well wishes for Jordan wines and the Jordan family legacy. Our 4 on 4 Art Competition, which challenged artists in four cities (Miami, New York, Los Angeles and Dallas) to commemorate four [...]
