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Dundee Dirtbox CSA

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Did you know that ROCO has a community-supported garden on site? It’s true – the Dundee Dirtbox CSA shares an acre of our land. Here’s some info…

The Dundee Dirtbox is a community-supported agriculture (CSA) project started by Nadine Lew and Alix Eastman. Nadine and Alix met in 2007 while thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and became fast friends. Post-trail, they both found their way to the Portland area and reunited. Upon realizing that they needed to supplement their day jobs with something more in tune with their personal missions, they decided to start a CSA. This decision was aided by the fact that Nadine was already living on a large piece of property, with 5 acres planted to vines and 5 acres just waiting to be cultivated. So cultivate they did, with the summer of 2009 marking their first season of production. In 2010, their good friends Corby, Rollin and Cody from ROCO wines offered up an acre more of fertile land in Dundee… and the CSA grew to be a full-time endeavor for Nadine and her partner, Jon.

Avalon notes on the ROCO 2007 Private Stash

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Here’s a nice review from Jean over at AvalonWine.com

We just tasted the 07 Private Stash yesterday with owners/winemakers Rolin Soles (Argyle) and Corby Stonebraker. According to Rolin “in this type of vintage (2007) anyone can get red fruit and minerality. The trick is the creamy midpalate – it makes the wine round and gives an impression of fullness in the mouth.” And the wine shows that he accomplished his goal.

The 07 Private Stash’s scent of dried roses and red cherry is echoed by red raspberry, red cherry, and sweet cherry candy fruit flavors. It is an elegant wine that gains weight and richness as a fresh, creamy quality opens upon tasting. Crisp, balanced minerality, and seamless tannins will allow the wine to cellar well for 3-4 years. – Jean

 

Thanks, Jean!!

Hello ROCO Fans!

Friday, January 22nd, 2010


We’re just getting started on the redesign of ROCO’s website, blog and online store. While ROCOwinery.com is being built, please continue going to ROCOwines.com to buy our wines.

We’ll send out an announcement via this blog, Twitter and email letting you know that this new site is up and running.

Cheers!

The ROCO team