2007 Pinot Grigio and 2008 Viognier
April 8, 2009
Last week we found out what bottling was really about! For two solid days we devoted out time to bottling our Pinot Grigio and Viognier. Thanks to "good working equipment" and healthy helpers the event went without a hitch. In total we bottled about 500 cases of wine. Now we have to give the wine a bit of a rest in the bottle as it does get agitated in processing. The wine goes through what the industry calls"Bottle Shock". For some wines this takes about one month to settle down and for others a bit longer. In the meantime our labels for these wines have been submitted to the "Feds" to be approved and should be sent to the printer to have the labels made up.
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A barrel taste of the 2007 wines
January 31, 2009
As you may or may not know wine barrels do breath and unfortunately some wine is lost via evaporation. On a monthly basis barrels must be topped off in order to keep high consentrations of oxygen from mixing with the wine. If it is allowed, bacteria will fluorish and the wine stands a good chance of being destroyed! Not good!
While toping off the barrels this gives us a wonderful opportunity to taste the wines to see how they are developing. Here is our latest evaluation of the 2007 red wines.
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2008 Harvest officially over!
December 13, 2008
Two weeks ago we placed the last of our crushed and fermented grapes into barrel. This ususally marks the completion of the harvest cycle. Once in barrel we can sit back and evaluate what we did, how we did it, write down our notes, and, of course, taste the wines as they mature.
This year we decided to increase our production. When it is all said and done we will be able to bottle a total of 2000 cases. Our goal is that when we open the doors to our tasting room, which should be sometime in May or June of 2009, we will have a total of 2400 cases. This will include both 2007 and 2008 vintages.
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