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Monday, November 03, 2008

Harvest Celebration








Halloween at Wiens Family Cellars



Friday, September 26, 2008

George Wiens Completes Vineman Ironman


Vineman triathlon was a great experience for my first 70.3 Ironman event. Swimming in the Russian River and bicycling in Sonoma Valley made for a venue that would be difficult to improve upon. Starting with a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile bike ride and finishing with a 13 mile run the triathlon came at the end of a six month training schedule for me. The weather was perfect at 65 degrees with overcast skies and only slight winds.

The swim course was the best that I have experienced being a narrow passage on the river even though parts were shallow enough to drag your fingertips on the bottom. I discovered that if you leave an energy gel packet in your tri top pocket it will float its way up to your arm pit inside the wetsuit and become a scratching annoyance with every stroke.

The bike course was beautiful with dozens of vineyards and wineries. The main drawback was that some stretches of pavement were bone jarring rough and made it tough to stay down in the aero bar position. I managed to pass many riders on the
bike course and I knew I would see most of them again later in the triathlon.

It felt good to get off the bike and start running. A couple of miles into the run I realized that I should have taken more care at the swim beach to get all the sand and gravel off my feet before putting on the socks. Run training will be a main goal for next year because most of the people that I passed on the bike ran past
me on the course. Making the halfway turn in the run course at La Crema Winery I realized that I was going to finish within my time goal range.

Next year I'll do Vineman triathlon again and improve on my overall time. At 54 years old this season it was the first time I had ever ran 13 miles.

I was sore, happy and amazed that I finished.

George Wiens

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

2008 Cabernet Sauvignon

Harvested September 23, 2008 - Temecula, California

Thursday, September 18, 2008

2008 Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc



Harvested September 18, 2008 - Temecula Valley

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

2008 Merlot

Harvested September 16, 2008 - Temecula, California - April's Vineyard


2008 Pinot Noir

Harvested September 15, 2008 - La Cresta

Wiens Summer Wine Lounge on September 5th




Wiens Family Cellars - Temecula, California

2008 Dolcetto

Harvested Septemeber 11, 2008 - La Cresta

2008 Tempranillo

Harvested September 11, 2008 - La Cresta, Medina Vineyard

2008 Pinot Noir

Harvested September 10, 2008 - La Cresta, George and Susie Wiens' Vineyard

Friday, September 05, 2008

2008 Viognier

Harvested September 5, 2008 - Sage Vineyard



Thursday, September 04, 2008

2008 Tempranillo

Harvested September 4, 2008 - Glen Oaks, Temecula