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What does the resident realtor do with himself when he's not pounding the pavement with his agent/broker hat on? The answer is simple. He makes wine. Really good wine. Wine that has been scooping medals all over wine country this year and last.
Timo's homestead, handcrafted, boutique bottles of spicy Que Syra Syrah start off as the teeniest, tinest grapes on his West-side Petaluma back-yard hill, flourish through the growing season with tons of TLC, are picked at their peak toward the end of October (Syrah is a much later varietal than popular Pinot in these parts), crushed on the premises, fermented in the garage, pressed right on the doorstep and barreled right where he can keep his eye on the current vintage 'til it's time to bottle on-site.
Although these award winning wines (Gold- Sonoma Harvest Fair 2006 - Double Gold and third in Show - Marin County Fair 2007 and Silver -Sonoma Harvest Fair 2007) are not available for purchase, clients and neighbors of the resident realtor are pretty well-impressed with Timo's rather unique tool of the trade.
How many real estate agents can lay claim to be an award-winning winemaker in their free time? Not many!
This year's 2007 bumper crop is still hanging on the turning vines. It will be among the very last within the Petaluma Gap Grape and Wine Association to be harvested next Saturday. I'll be keeping you posted......
