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High Voltage (7/25/18)
Today is Wednesday, July 25th, 2018.
This week's offer is up. Click the link for details. I am also happy to bring that link to your table.
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"And you want to see me doin' my thing
All you got to do is plug me in to
High
I said High
High voltage rock 'n' roll"
-AC/DC, High Voltage
From the album T.N.T - 1975
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High voltage came to the Adams Ranch around the same time the album T.N.T. came out in 1975. Prior to having power, the family lived off of propane in a trailer near where the adobe currently is. I have nothing but fond memories of this time, but then again, I was only 3 or so years old. All I needed was a stick, a dog and a tree to climb. Pictured below is PG&E trenching from the ranch down to Vineyard Drive in order to bring power to the water well and to the future home site.
Photos: Probably Mom, maybe Dad, around 1975
Jul 25, 2018 at 5:00 PM
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Life on a Farm is Kind of Laid Back (7/18/18)
Today is Wednesday, July 18th, 2018.
This week's offer is up. Click the link for details. I am also happy to bring that link to your table.
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John Denver was wrong. Life on a farm isn't really laid back at all. Pictured below, my brother (left) and I (right) wash our pigs in preparation for the California Mid-State Fair. At this point, the process both exhausted and saddened me, having worked all year raising an animal only to take it to the slaughter. The red pig below (a Duroc) was named "Bacon", and I believe it was my second to last show animal. My first was "Joan Jett" after the famous rock singer of the time. As my affinity for these animals grew, I felt the need to desensitize myself and rename them according to their destiny. After Joan Jett came "Pork Chop", "Bacon" (pictured), and finally "Dinner", who was the lovliest and most intelligent of them all.
My daughter recently requested that she not be asked to raise pigs on the farm due to her love of bacon. "I love bacon too much to want to raise pigs, Dad."
Oh, I get it. I really love bacon too, and I loved "Bacon", and raising these animals emparted a great respect for sustainable, local livestock and agriculture. It was also a good way to earn some summer cash and learn a few valuable life-lessons.
Photo Credit: Mom
Jul 18, 2018 at 1:40 PM
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The Original Well (7/11/18)
Today is Wednesday, July 11th, 2018.
Every Wednesday we will be releasing rare, noteworthy bottles from our warehouse and spinning some yarns about the history of Ledge Vineyards. Click the link above for details, or better yet, let me bring a bottle to your table.
Below is the original well on our property, which is still in use today. Can you guess any of the future vineyards in the background? Bonus points for history.
The original well at the Adams Ranch going in in the mid 70s.
The well is still in use today at the same depth
of around a few hundred feet.
Jul 11, 2018 at 12:11 AM
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