Symbiosis Wines

07/02/2026

"What are you gonna do when you retire??"
I do still have wine to sell (please get in touch if you want some - i still have to pay for licensing, insurance, storage...) BUT there are so many other things to do!

This is my first batch of Nespolino, a liqueur made from loquat seeds. Toasted to deactivate "amygdalin" (enzyme in many seeds that creates cyanide!), then steeped for a month in high quality organic vodka, filtered, sweetened, then aged for another month. It's supposed to taste exactly like Amaretto, but I'm doubtful. Nothing tastes EXACTLY like something different.

There are many variations so I had planned to make another batch with the partially eaten seeds left after attention from birds. Instead of removing the skins and deactivating the enzyme with heat I cleaned off the fruit and set them out in the sun to dry. Intending to to leave them for two weeks. But after one day they disappeared. 125 seeds. Probably enough to kill a person who ate them. Hoping it was a squirrel who put them away for later and not a mother deer with babies to feed. Now I have to wait till next year to try the other variations.

there isn't nearly enough time in the day to do all these interesting things!

03/26/2026

It's SO Spring! Arugula and green garlic from the garden with artichoke pesto and prosciutto. Shockingly good pairing with this dry

10/31/2025

Call me or Caitlin for some great and hard to find Thanksgiving wines!

07/18/2025

06/20/2025

Today at the former Symbiosis Tasting Room. I've been sending emails for a couple months letting people know that I was closing AND that I still have wine to sell! Moving time is pretty intense so I have not gotten around to posting on Instagram till just now. If you're interested in buying wine at wholesale prices I will be doing that through the end of the month, then will have a pause for a re-licensing – probably most of July. Please call or email or respond here. Website is not up-to-date so don't try that. Even if you don't want wine right now but we've become friends over these last nine years get in touch anyway! I'm going to miss all the interesting people that I met during my time there.

06/16/2025

When I post here, I usually get 2 or three 'likes' - not much activity compared to my personal page (which also isn't flooded but seems to get 20 or 30 times the attention...). So, it feels a little silly to make announcements like this here, but I want to make sure people know I have closed the tasting room that all these pictures show. Moving out was a HUGE task, and now I have wine at a local wine storage facility. I STILL HAVE WINE TO SELL! I"m offering wholesale prices till I am sold out, so please get in touch if you're interested in wine.

Alcohol licensing is complicated. I was fortunate to be able to keep the license I had till the end of June. I have to reapply for new licenses to sell now that I don't have a physical location. That will take AT LEAST a month, so I probably won't be able to fill orders in July. If you want wine you love at a good price, please contact me NOW. I haven't had time to update my website, so make sure you call (805) 729-2000) or email ([email protected]) or write me here.

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05/25/2025

I've been announcing by email and in various FB groups, but so far, not here ... I am closing my tasting room at the end of the month. Yes, 6 days from now! I've still got lots of wine to sell as well as all kinds of stuff here, so if you've been meaning to stop in, don't wait! You can also call text or email...

05/18/2025

Posted • Thank you for inviting us over after the rally today. We will miss your sweet little spot downtown 🥂💛

05/17/2025

Seems like it was only a few minutes between when Sylvie left with this wine and when she sent this picture of her gorgeous Chicken Piccata and my White Zin. Yes, she was skeptical too but it's

05/06/2025

A few months ago someone left a black river rock that said "PEACE" under the tree in front of Symbiosis. It disappeared after a while. Recently, I started seeing people stopping and looking and smiling recently so I went out to look and saw these. It's nice to think that there are people who get an idea like this, go to the trouble to act on it, and quietly leave their goodwill behind to be shared. I think we need more of these kinds of small gestures right now .