Fainwood Has Landed

Though we have been quite lax in our updating of this blog, fortunately our wines haven't followed suit down our lazy path. The first thing you may notice is that we chose "Fainwood" as the official name (thanks to all for participating with your fun suggestions).

While we were all busy with other things (including baby Daniel for Katie and Ryan), our wines have been continuing their individual journeys. Our zinfandel is on its last legs of fermentation -- a full eight months after it began -- but perhaps more importantly, the sauvignon blanc sprinted toward the finish line to become a full-fledged wine. We'll go backward in time and provide far more of the details of how this came to be in the next few posts, but, for now, rest assured that the sauvignon blanc is bottled, labeled, and currently recovering from its cross-country trip from San Francisco at Marc's parents' house in Setauket, NY.

A hearty thanks to Papa Goldstein and Uncle Arnie for picking up (literally) the 24 cases from the dropoff point in Queens and photographing the process (proud grandparents?). How's that for a little teaser? Tune in for a photo replay of the pickup and conga line of cases down to the Goldstein cellar.

And get ready to drink up with us in the Sauvignon Blanc Summer of 2008!