News & Events
- Sunday, September 27, 2009 Hot weather early in the week confirmed our pick on Thursday the 24th. That morning I started out early in a rented 12′ Penske into dense fog all the way from SF to Sebastopol. Could barely make out pedestrians on the Golden Gate bridge while driving over it. Stan’s crew had been picking since 6am when I arrived at about 8:30am. Here’s the first bin already filled, fog still hanging over the vineyard. Here’s my meager bin, I filled one of these (selectively of course!) to everyone else’s five. The flavors were decent though and I measured the median sugar at about ...
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Did we mention that we contributed our 2006 Russian River Pinot Noir to this fine event at the DeYoung: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145497281135&ref=mf
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Just a short post in lieu of a 9/19 field report: we’re picking this Thursday! Flavors, ripeness coming together, time to get off the pot! Pictures coming.
- Sunday, September 20, 2009 The rains and cool weather through the past weekend have put the grapes back — on Tuesday 9/15 my field measurements put the median brix at 23. Back at the lab, I got the following from cluster samples: 22.9 brix, 7.2 TA, and 3.45 pH. (My hand pH meter put it at 3.2). Still some green flavors from most of the vineyard, though the grapes up on the swell are ahead and tasting good. Am putting the pick date on Tuesday 9/22, supposed to be hot weather through the weekend, would love to pick up another brix degree without too much ...
- Saturday, September 12, 2009 I borrowed Josh’s truck Thursday to run three picking bins up to the vineyard. Will be taking back about a ton and a half and then (aggressively) sorting/selecting down to a ton… Median brix at 23! Some 90+ degree days projected through Friday, turned on water for four hours (.5gal/hour drip) Wednesday 9/9, these vines have very young canopies. Colder though this weekend. Tentatively putting pick on Thursday 9/17. Have I mentioned that Stan is an apple grower?