Long Dog Vineyard & Winery

09/26/2022

Need a crew to put the vineyard to bed, laying down and burying canes.

09/02/2022

And just like that, welcome to the newest long dog Riser. Hey look what we got!

06/06/2022

Managed to score 250 cases of Burgundy bottles. Need a lot more, but we’ll take what we can get…

05/18/2022

Such a pleasure to have and Roxanne from tasting in the barrel room. Thanks to for the recommendation.

10/09/2021

Congratulations to David and Amy who just got engaged in the vineyard!

10/08/2021

Grape pickers wanted, $30/hour, must come for at least 4 hours this weekend starting at 8am each day. Bring your own clippers if you have them.

09/20/2021

There are lots of ways to get to Long Dog for a tasting

07/03/2021

Best dog day ever - 4 dachshunds, 2 Australian shepherds, 1 golden retriever, 1 sweet french bulldog and a fantastic poodle mutt that looked like a meerkat.

04/02/2021

08/29/2020

It’s not just wine grapes that do well in soil @ Long Dog Vineyard And Winery Inc

07/30/2020

Long Dog Winery is open every day 12-5. You don't need to make a reservation, we have lots of outdoor space to accommodate everyone. Since the County opened it has not been a problem to welcome visitors back in the tasting room. Please note that masks are mandatory, but you are allowed to remove them for wine tasting.

06/16/2020

We received exactly the same e-mail today, a warning to all PEC wineries.

Warning to all small business owners. Please pass this on to anyone who you know has a small business. On December 8th, 2019, I received a request from a group requesting a private tasting at Bacchus Winery:

“I am one of 20th member in a private wine club in United Kingdom that we call 'Bacchus Klaus". 20 of us are going to visit your place between 8TH OF FEBRUARY, 2020 till 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 2020 and we are staying in a house around your area. “

I scheduled the tasting for the 13th of February:

“Feb 13 will work but it will be a private tasting as I am normally closed to the public that day. For a party of 20, I charge $10 per person ($200 for all 20). This includes tasting 6 wines where everyone is tasting the same six. It does not include the glasses to take home. If anyone in the party decides to buy bottles of wine to take with them, I credit back $5 for one bottle and $10 for two or more bottles. So if everyone purchases two bottles each (or a total of 40 bottles purchased) the tastings are complimentary.”

I asked for them to call me and provide a credit card for the charges but they requested that their travel agency make payment. A certified check from Barclays showed up on December 23rd but it was not for the payment requested as you can see below. It was for 3,550 British pounds which equates to roughly $5000 US at current exchange rates.

Any unsuspecting struggling small business owner might be so excited about the very generous tip and run as fast as they can to deposit the check. That would be a huge mistake. This is a fraudulent check and could provide the perpetrators with your bank private information giving them access to your bank accounts and credit card accounts.

So what can be done? First, this email can be used to help make others smart to this kind of scheme so please pass it on. The contact to my winery was from a guy posing as Joseph Bradley under the email address of [email protected]. By the way, Yandex.com is a Russian based company that sponsors illicit activities such as bank fraud and illegal banking schemes.

The second thing that can be done, if they used the United States Postal system is to report it to your local postmaster and the US Postal Inspector at 877-876-2455. Once these folks make the move to use the US Postal service to do their dirty work, it becomes a federal legal issue.

So much of this goes on that it is likely not going to get much traction with the feds but at least they have been informed so please take the time to report the issue.

Your banks can’t do anything unless you make the move to deposit the check. Again, don’t do that because the bank computers automatically start processing and if not caught early in the process, your bank may share your bank accounting streams before it is too late to stop the process.

These jerks are ruthless so don’t trust them. It is enticing because the amount of money involved but if the deal looks too good to be true, it is. Don’t fall for it and—please, if you see something, say something.

04/23/2020

Prepping the veg garden, under the supervision of Tom and Henrietta (yes we have named them, therefore we can’t eat them).

03/26/2020

It’s like they knew I needed a little excitement on day 7 of quarantine!

03/09/2020

Day 4 of Crufts on Sunday March 8 saw judging of terrier and hound groups and then Best in Show - which brought amusement during the victory celebrations as the dog went to the toilet on the turf