by bonnie | Apr 23, 2020 | Recipes
By popular demand, Bonnie has released the recipe for her fabulous pumpkin soup. Ingredients ½ cup chopped onion½ cup water2 Tsp. instant chicken bouillon granules1 16 oz. can pumpkin (I use pumpkin pie mix sometimes)2-1/2 cups half and half1-3/4 cups pear (or...
by bonnie | Apr 10, 2020 | Adventures in Winemaking
You may have heard the phrase, “Great wine begins in the vineyard.” This is a common message touted by winemakers and wine aficionados that boils down to the fact that high quality wine most often begins with very high quality grapes. But what leads to high quality...
by bonnie | Feb 28, 2020 | Adventures in Winemaking
Oak is one of wine-making’s necessary luxuries. If you’ve ever walked through a wine cellar, it is easy to assume barrels come in one standard size and type, and that aging wine requires little more that acquiring enough barrels to house what you...
by bonnie | Mar 4, 2018 | News
Bonnie Bartlett, who co-owns Charles R. Winery with her husband, painted the Winery’s barrel with friends from an art class. She invited everyone out to the winery, and she admits the painting took a lot longer than expected. Read article here.
by bonnie | May 4, 2016 | News
For Bonnie Bartlett, who owns Charles R Vineyards along with her husband Charles Richard Bartlett, an old oak tree that sits in her backyard is a beacon of inspiration. It is the same tree that graces the winery’s labels, sketched by Bartlett herself. “I just took it...
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