Books and Bottles

Natura Rose 2023

Delightful Chilean wine made with Shiraz as the primary grape, plus Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. Grapes are organic and sustainably grown.

Blue Quail Chardonnay 2022

Savvy, succulent, salubrious and scintillating sums up this oak-less Chardonnay. Just picked apples, wildflowers and apricots fill your senses. Flavors of young peaches, juicy pineapple, citrus, white figs and hints of flint lace your palate.

Beautiful Stranger White Blend by Cadre 2022

The San Luis Obispo Coast is a special place for white wines. The region's maritime influenced extreme cool-climate and diverse volcanic and oceanic soils allow the incredible opportunity to showcase white wines filled with vibrant energy, minerality, and a whole lot of individual character.

Close to Birds: An Intimate Look at Our Feathered Friends Hardcover - Illustrated by Mats Ottosson, Asa Ottosson, and Roine Magnusson.

75 gorgeous close-up avian photographs make this exquisite coffee table book the perfect gift for bird lovers.

An unusual blend of charming heartfelt personal essays and in-depth scientific information bring the reader uniquely into the inner lives of birds

Baby Birds -- An Artist Looks Into the Nest by Julie Zickefoose.

This beautiful book is as much an art book as it is a natural history, something readers have come to expect from Julie Zickefoose. More than 400 watercolor paintings show the breathtakingly swift development of seventeen different species of wild birds. Sixteen of those species nest on Julie's Appalachian Ohio wildlife sanctuary, so she knows the birds intimately and writes about them with authority. To create the bulk of this extraordinary work, Julie would borrow a wild nestling, draw it, then return it to its nest every day until it fledged. Some were orphans she raised by hand, giving the ultimate insider's glimpse into their lives. In sparkling prose, Julie shares a lifetime of insight about bird breeding biology, growth, and cognition.

As an artist and wildlife rehabilitator, Julie possesses a unique skill set that includes sketching and painting rapidly from life as well as handling delicate hatchlings. She is uniquely positioned to create such an opus, and in fact, nothing like it has ever been attempted. Julie has many fans and she will gain many more with this unparalleled work.