2007 Vintage Newsletter
2009 has been a year of change and beauty here on Diamond Mountain. We hired a new business manager, prepared for the release of our third vintage, and added another beautiful Labrador retriever, Brix (the measurement of sugar content in grapes). As we embark on a new year, I’ve found myself thinking often about my big brother, Charles.
He is the one person I wish could see this special place more than anyone. Charles was an artist, loyal not only to art but to the process of making art. He would have understood the journey that Nancy and I started in 2000 and he would have savored its wonder, texture, solitude, and flavor with us. He would have grasped the beauty of the unknown, the meditative quality of the physical work that engages us, the excitement of the harvest, and the blessing that is our vineyard on Diamond Mountain. Charles is always with me in the grapes, the vines, the Douglas firs, redwoods, wind and rain, and the geese that return every spring, flying low over the vineyard to alight on our neighbor’s pond.
Although I never forget Charles, perhaps these reflections are a result of spending time with Charles’s son, Arlo, and his wife Karen, whom many of you already know as our new business manager. Karen has been able to free up time for both Nancy and me to do many other things, not the least of which is spending more precious and rewarding time in the vineyard. We are excited to offer our 2007 vintage, a product of our pride and hard work, and we hope you enjoy the wine as much as we enjoy the day-to-day effort to bring it to you.
Tom and Nancy Seaver