February Wine of the Month
The arrival of February brings us many joys. We have the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, the arrival of Spring Training (if the snow in Florida melts in time), and a new Wine of the Month, Valvin Muscat....
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28 Years of Missouri Wine
It’s our 28th anniversary here at Blumenhof Winery, as good a time as any to take a look back–and a better time to look forward. In the year we opened, 1987, there were a handful of wineries in...
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Handpicking Local, Having Some “Harmless Fun”
Handpicking Local Having Some Harmless Fun After a long, soggy, insufferably steamy summer, Wine Country is now beginning to dry out as the harvest season approaches. Heading into the latter half of...
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A Whole Month of Oktoberfest!
Oktoberfest in Münich runs from September 19th to October 4th this year. If you were hoping to fly over the pond and experience the Old World Oktoberfest you may be out of luck. Thankfully, the New...
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HO! HO! HO! ALL WINES are now $8.88 in Merry Olde Dutzow!
Where does the time go? Suddenly, we’re coming up on the end of 2015. Unbelievable. Seems like we were just picking grapes. Were we just napping? Anyway, now that we’re closing in on 2016, it’s...
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RINGING (OR WOULD THAT BE “WRINGING?”) OUT 2015/Ringing In 2016
It’s been a soggy year. A quick check of local weather records indicates that the Greater Dutzow Area has received about 60 inches of precipitation this year–almost 50% more than average. Recently,...
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Public Displays of Affection at Blumenhof
According to archaeologists, human beings have been making wine for at least 8,000 years–nearly as long as the presidential campaign season. Over those ages, people discovered how to make palatable...
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MaRCh mAN!A Str!kes Aga!n!
MArCh MAn!A Alert: All Wines $8.88! Remember the good ole days in Missouri Wine Country? You could count on being able to try wines without paying a fee. Corkage fees were non-existent. Wineries...
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FINAL FOUR Days of MARCH MANIA
We've reached the F!NAL FOUR days of MARCH MANIA MARCH MANIA will extend through Sunday April 3rd! This weekend will be your last chance to purchase any 12 (or more) bottles of your favorite...
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Award Winning Wines
A phrase that is thrown around a lot in the wine business is "Award Winning Winery." At most establishments, it's hard to tell what that means. Awarded for what? In some cases it's food, other times...
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TWO CABS, NO WAITING at BLUMENHOF
Did you know that Cabernet Sauvignon is currently the most-planted wine grape in the world? [Believe it or not, just a few years ago that honor was claimed by the Spanish white variety called Airén....
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A REAL CHANGE: VERAISON
Have you been following the political news lately? It's occurred to us that there some parallels between the political campaign and our vineyard right now. While the two major political parties just...
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Holiday Sale
Celebrate the HolidaysAll wines only $10 each in Case (12 bottle) purchasesMIX AND MATCHBuild your own case of any 12 bottlesLimit 1 Cabernet Sauvignon, 6 Valvin Muscat, and/or 6 Original CynValid for...
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A Lame Excuse for a Holiday Newsletter
Scientists tell us that some 66 million years ago, an asteroid (or maybe a comet) changed the world forever when it struck Planet Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula of present-day Mexico. It was a bad...
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A Lame Excuse for a Holiday Newsletter
Scientists tell us that some 66 million years ago, an asteroid (or maybe a comet) changed the world forever when it struck Planet Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula of present-day Mexico. It was a bad...
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HOLIDAY THERAPY at Blumenhof
It’s almost Christmas—the most joyous time of the year!But honestly, as you know, not always. Or at least, not for everybody. Some of us get a little down in the dumps. It’s winter. It’s cold....
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MARCH MANIA Invades Dutzow
BlumenFriends,We’ve nearly made it through another dark, gloomy, and bitterly cold winter. We’ve enjoyed plenty of chilly, sunless days relaxing near the fireplace (and on the heated deck) with a warm...
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It starts with a BARE-CHESTED GUY…
Here’s a short story for you.A bare-chested young guy is sipping an ice-cold drink on a blazing hot day in July while he surveys the scene in front of him. He’s standing on a ledge that towers over a...
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2018 Harvest Update and Oktoberfest Entertainment
We’re about half way through our 2018 harvest. Over the past month, we’ve been busy picking our white varieties (Seyval, Vignoles, Rayon d’Or, Vidal, and Valvin Muscat). So far it looks like a really...
View ArticleHOLIDAY SAVINGS and OTHER FUN STUFF
Happy Holidays!Our Holiday Wine Sale is going on RIGHT NOW! Purchase any 12 bottles of wine, and save $100 off your order – no limits, no exceptions. Just a really good deal on Locally-Grown,...
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