The Liberty Tribune
Our blog consists of vineyard happenings, winemaking insights, event highlights,
and selected quotes from Founders!
Call Me Rebel
"Let them call me rebel, and welcome, I feel no concern from it."
Jun 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Power is Intoxicating
"Power is intoxicating; and Men legally vested with it, too often discover a Disposition to make an ill use of it and an Unwillingness to part with it."
Jun 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Memorial Day
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
May 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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April Newsletter
Spring Wine Club Shipment: Patriots' Day!!
We are nearing our next PickUp Party and Wine Club Shipment!
Open House: Wine + Pairings + Gourmet Sliders
When: SATURDAY, April 27th, 11am-4pm
Where: 6875 Long Hill Place, Paso Robles, CA
What: Taste through the new releases + light food pairings + gourmet grilled sliders from 12-2pm
Who: Free! Please RSVP (or reply to this email)
Patriots' Day Club Shipment
Features the release of our 2018 Petite Sirah "James Armistead" and 2023 Sauvignon Blanc "Boston Tea Party". Signers level members enjoy a four-vintage flight of Declaration blends!
Not a member? Join here
| #Bottles (bold=new releases) | Stripes | Stars | Signers | Founders |
| 2023 Sauvignon Blanc (Boston Tea Party 250) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 Petite Sirah (Armistead) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 Cabernet (Parker) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 Declaration (Paine) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 Declaration (P. Henry) | 2 | |||
| 2016 Declaration (Jefferson) | 2 | |||
| 2015 Declaration (Franklin) | 1 | |||
| Total | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
* Cards will be charged on ~April 20 *
PickUp: Available starting April 27 at the Party and by appointment after that (please email to schedule!).
Ship: If you chose shipping, wines will ship on April 29 (weather permitting). We ask our ship-to members to kindly double check your shipping address and credit card. (recall adult signature required - business addresses are best to ensure efficient delivery).
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The 2024 vintage is born!
- All varietals have started budding - Liberty Rainfall Chart |
Vineyard Projects
We have already put in the cover crop, sprayed, and pruned + tied. Currently we are trenching and installing pipe to tie the Petite Sirah and Zin into the automated irrigation system that controls the main vineyard. This will allow for more precise and efficient watering and fertigation, part of our sustainable farming program.
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About Patriots' Day
Patriots' Day commemorates the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War, the Battles of Lexington and Concord [our 2022 Zinfandel] on April 19, 1775.
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The night before, Dr. Joseph Warren [2016 Petite Sirah] learned that the British would be marching from Boston to Lexington to arrest Samuel Adams [2019 Declaration blend] and John Hancock then on to Concord to seize American arms stored there. Warren dispatches Paul Revere [2014 Cab] and William Dawes, who famously read the two lanterns in the Old North Church and rode to alarm the countryside.
Adams and Hancock flee Lexington minutes before the Redcoats arrive. Local militia Captain John Parker’s [2018 Cab] assembles his company on Lexington Green and orders, "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." They did - the King’s Army kills eight Americans and marches off to Concord.
Other militia form at the North Bridge in Concord to confront the British soldiers - the Americans finally shoot back in "the shot heard ‘round the world.” Minutemen continue to pour in from surrounding towns, and the Patriots - including Parker’s remaining men - peppered the retreating Regulars all the way back to Boston. The ensuing Siege of Boston (which included the Battle of Bunker Hill [our 2022 Reserve Zin]) continued until Henry Knox [our 2022 Cab] miraculously transported artillery 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga to the hills around Boston, pressuring the British to withdraw to Nova Scotia!
Thank you very much for your patronage - we hope you enjoy the wines - Huzzah!!
Nick and the Liberty Team
Apr 11, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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No people will tamely surrender their Liberties...
No People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved.
Apr 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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