A Look Back at Vintage 2012
An opinion commonly held by wine writers is that vintage doesn’t matter in California. This may be…
Harvest 2015 – The Cycle Continues
Occasio’s harvest season began in the early morning hours of August 18, the earliest in our six…
Harvesting Spring, in the Fall – The Making of Occasio Rosé
Soon we will be harvesting Pinot Noir for what will become our sixth vintage of Rosé. This early…
Saving Elephants – One Dinner at a Time
Each year we allocate a sizeable share of our resources to charity. As a family owned winery,…
El Nino Promises Exciting Weather – 2015 Harvest
Predicting the weather is a tricky, business. Though long-range weather forecasting is risky, it plays an integral…
Vintage 2015 – A Year of Unusual Weather Promises Concentrated Wines
This is the first year of a new program at Occasio Winery, where we begin intense management of…
The Many Faces of Zinfandel
Zinfandel has had many incarnations: first as a substitute for French claret in the 1870s, and then…
Minerality in Wine
The latest research into minerality in wine, and what we might do to capture it….
A Proper Barrel Tasting Weekend
This Saturday and Sunday the Livermore Valley Winegrowers’ Association is holding its annual barrel tasting weekend fundraiser….
Key New Positions Announced
This January we gave our members the opportunity to taste every vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon since our…