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From the Vineyard

Last Harvest of October

11.05.2011

It could not have been a more beautiful day for harvest on the 30th of October. We harvested Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The group of just under 20, worked hard and got everything picked by about 3pm.
After a lovely BBQ and some well earned wine, grapes went through the de-stemming process, which is [...]

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950 pounds in a half day!

10.11.2011

Had a fantastic visit down to the vineyard and winery a couple weekends ago. South Dakota Eschenbaum family – Carol Sanborn’s brother Jim and wife Teresa – came in for a visit and we all headed down to Juliaetta for a grape picking extravaganza. This was just a little picking excursion the family participated in. [...]

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Planting, again!

06.25.2011

Yes, we’re at it again this year! We are adding another 4-5 acres of red grape cultivars this spring (or should I say summer already?), bringing our total planted acreage up to 15 acres. We decided to plant live stock this year, as live plants are known to be more disease resistant than [...]

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2010 Crush Comes to a Close

12.03.2010

November 30th, 2010
We finally made it through harvest, with our last grapes coming from Riverbend Vineyard November 6th. The seasonal changes in the vineyard have been fantastic! It didn’t freeze until late in November, allowing vine foliage to change from green to golden amber before the cold and wind forced the leaves to [...]

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Riesling Harvest

10.17.2010

Nothing like the sweet nectar of Riesling! We’ve been picking our estate Riesling over the past few days, with one more ton to pull off over the next couple of days. Last year we let our Riesling hang until mid-November for our 2009 Late Harvest Riesling. This year’s cooler season made a [...]

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Merlot Harvest

10.13.2010

We had a beautiful day picking Merlot this past Saturday! The temperature was in the high 60’s and the sun shown on us all morning. The grapes are now bubbling their way to a delicious red wine.
Once again, Carol found the “Star Clusters” of the day.
Much thanks to the Tolman Family, Cart, Justin, [...]

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Chardonnay Harvest & Crush

10.03.2010

Today was beautiful! A group of about 25 or 30 people picking and processing and having a great time in the vineyards.
Carol won the award for most beautiful cluster of grapes.
The process seemed so fast and yet here I sit 8 hours later and we are still cleaning up. We had [...]

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2010 Crush is Underway

09.28.2010

Crush is here! We processed our first batch of 2010 grapes, Merlot from Jessica Vineyard (West Richland, WA) this week.
Fermentation is underway, and within the next 10 days or so, we’ll have Merlot wine to press!
We plan on harvesting our Chardonnay October 2nd-3rd, after which will closely follow our estate [...]

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Testing the Grapes

09.16.2010

The days are getting shorter, the nights cooler, and the grapes sweeter! It’s time for us to start doing routine checks on the sugar, acid, and flavor factors of the grapes. This is exciting time of year…the grapes change almost daily during these last few weeks of summer, and harvest is just around the [...]

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Its time to bird-net!

09.12.2010

The weather has cooled down a little more than we’d like this month, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed that the sun will show up and warm up the vines for the remainder of the summer. A good share of the vineyard is over half-way ripe, which means it’s time to protect the grapes [...]

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