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riesling

Spicy Coconut Pumpkin Soup

11.04.2010

This is from a beautiful book I got as a gift from my friend Laura. The cookbook is Clean Food. My favorite part about this book is that it is divided by season. This is one of the yummiest Winter soups I have tried so far. I have read that many [...]

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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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More Bottling and More Tasting

03.31.2010

Beth Mort
I actually got to go to the winery over the weekend and finally help bottle! This is great for me because I recently just finished up graduate school and so it felt like a little vacation. The rest of the family – Ma and Pa Sanborn – came out to help also so the [...]

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The art of filtering Idaho white wine

02.02.2010

Melissa Sanborn
Because the industry usually demands them to be clear and brilliant, white wines undergo different stages of clarification in the winery. If you’re lucky, a wine will clarify on its own with time and a little racking. If not, there are a few options open to winemakers: filtration is one of those options. Along [...]

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2008 Riesling and Pinot Gris Available!

11.26.2009

Our 2008 Pinot gris and Riesling are now available for sale! Both wines are currently available at Phil’s in Kendrick, and at both Harvest Foods and Frontier Foods in Orofino. We will also be selling them from our winery at $12/bottle.
If you would like to purchase from the winery, please let us know via email [...]

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Moving into Winter…

11.25.2009

Late Harvest Riesling is harvested; bottling on the way; Riesling and Pinot Gris for purchase, $12 a bottle, available at Phil’s Family Foods, Harvest Foods, Frontier Foods, or by phone 208-874-3393.

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Winery’s First Crush

05.15.2009

In 2008, we converted a pole barn on the property into a 4500 square foot processing facility and cellar. We installed a ground source heat pump for our heating and cooling system. The indoor crush pad is built up 15 feet to utilize gravity during processing, which has less impact on the grapes.
 
 
Our first crush [...]

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