Two fer Friday, talking under cap pumpovers..
Well, a quick update, the Snows Lake Cabernet Sauvignon is dry and going through extended maceration, we’re just tasting it every day and waiting for all those delicious tannins to mature in the tank.…
Harvest is nearing it’s End.. YAYYY
Just a quick video from inside the winery today……
While you were sleeping… We were picking.
The Harvesting of the Snows Lake Cabernet went great, beautiful fruit, no Botrytis or rot in any way in this high Botrytis year.. We’ve got it into tank and now will let it sleep for a few days in the freezing cold before we kick on the ferment… Now back out to Lodi to work on a few things and possible trying to find a new vineyard to add to the portfolio late in the year.…
Cabernet Sauvignon – Rain can’t get you down.
Last year we harvested out Cab on the 28th of October, this year we’re looking at a similar date and thankfully the weather is starting to really cooperate (fingers crossed)…. I’d like for this vineyard to hang for one more week to resolve some tannins but truthfully it could be ready by Friday, stay tuned.…
The Eve of the Eve of Vista Luna and Hunter’s Oak
Well, we got the fruit off the vine, it spent the night in Lodi chilling at about 34 degrees and is on its way out to Santa Rosa where we’ll process it and let it chill for a few more days.…
5 Questions.. First Edition
Well, just after pressing the Quartz Block Zin we decided to randomly do our first episode of 5 Questions.. Hopefully this will be the first of many.. Wow, my beard is getting a bit burly.. and I still have Cabernet Sauvignon on the vine and a week out..…
Pressing the Quartz Zin, a day before we released the 2010
Just a quick video, not a whole lot of action but a fair bit of sex appeal.…
Vista Luna – Post Rains
Well, after last week I thought the rains were done for about 10 days but we got a sneak attack yesterday and Mother Nature decided to slow things down again.. I’ll be back in the Vineyard tomorrow but it’s looking bright and sunny for the foreseeable future so we should still be good… Hoping to pick this weekend perhaps.…
Great night at the Panama…
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RIP Steve Jobs – and Delestage .. Rhymes?
Well, we start today on a bit of a somber note, Steve Jobs passed away yesterday.. I’ve never been a big Mac guy, mainly cause they never had a right click on the mouse.. With that said the man was an incredible visionary, Edison, Graham Bell, Jobs, he belongs on the Mount Rushmore of innovators/creators… Little update on the wines, it was 5.1 Brix today, we’ll be draining off two barrels worth and I’ll get a video later today talking about that.…