The Liberty Tribune
Our blog consists of vineyard happenings, winemaking insights, event highlights,
and selected quotes from Founders!
Star Spangled Banner - verse 1
January 23 Newsletter
Happy New Year from Liberty!!
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VINEYARD | |
Rain A Rama Record precipitation - 18.4" has fallen here since October 1, 2022! (we measure Oct 1st to Sept 30th to approximate rainfall from harvest to harvest) This is the most since Liberty began keeping track back in 2017 - in fact, 7.5" more than any prior year to date. If you're curious, we keep the chart updated on the website Vineyard > Rainfall. The adjacent Huer Huero River has flowed several days this month, the first strong run in our ten years here (closer to 20 years, per neighbors)! |
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WINE | |
Exciting news: The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc is scheduled to be bottled on February 16th! Our first full production SB is tasting great - we look forward to adding this white wine to our offering. This vintage looks to be around 84 cases (750mL bottles) from four year old estate vines. We now ship to: CA, CO, DC, FL, MA, MO, MN, PA, TX, and VA! Let us know if your state not listed. |
CLUB | |
Next Wine Club shipment is scheduled for Monday 2/27/2023! This shipment is optional - opt in by sending us an email. NOTE: The February/Washington's Birthday shipment is now the optional one (originally the April/Patriots' Day shipment was the optional, but we've made the winemaking decision to leave the reds in barrel longer going forward and bottle them in April). Not a member yet? Join / More info here. |
HISTORY | |
LIBERTY BELL
Sources: constitutioncenter.org and nsf.gov. |
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This month in American Revolution history...
01/01/1752 Betsy Ross is born in NJ. 01/04/1746 Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence (NC), is born. 01/12/1737 John Hancock, iconic signer of the Declaration of Independence (MA), is born. 01/14/1730 William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence (NH), is born. 01/15/1716 Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence (NY), is born. 01/17/1706 Benjamin Franklin, signer of BOTH the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (PA), is born. 01/21/1738 Ethan Allen is born (VT). 01/23/1730 Joseph Hewes, signer of the Declaration of Independence (NC), is born. 01/31/1734 Robert Morris, signer of BOTH the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (PA), is born. |
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01/02/1777 Second Battle of Trenton (NJ)
01/03/1777 Battle of Princeton (NJ) 01/17/1781 Battle of Cowpens (SC) |
Best wishes for 2023 - Salud!!
- Nick and the Liberty Team
We now ship to: CA, CO, DC, FL, MA, MO, MN, PA, TX, and VA!
First Amendment Privileges
All we say to America is, ‘Be true to what you said on paper.’ If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges, because they hadn't committed themselves to that over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.
Liberty <> Safety
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.