Our cool growing season continues, allowing our grapes to mature very gradually. Very good news. Indeed, May was the coolest month of 2015 so far (that’s right, colder than Jan-April) in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tourists, bring your sweatshirts if you’re coming to San Francisco this month.
On a very geeky art history kind of note, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has an exhibition on right now entitled “Drawings in Silver and Gold, Leonardo to Jasper Johns.” This collaboration with the British Museum is the first exhibition to examine the history and development of the art of drawing with a metal stylus. Silverpoint drawings are the focus, including detailed discussion of the work of Albrecht Durer, the artist whose drawing is the focus of our wine labels for Silverpoint Cellars. Indeed, another incredible drawing by Durer, A Dog Resting, 1520, forms the cover of the exhibition catalogue. We are delighted.
Enjoy your summer!