It’s been a very busy week. Today we began planting a new section of vineyard. Though our farm is too far from the lakes and therefore too cold to plant our signature varietals of Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay, we are planting a small block of Diamond grapes. This hybrid was developed in the […]
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Méthode Traditionnelle Bottling
Today, with the help of our family and friends, we finished bottling the last of the Sparkling Wine. This batch was 48 cases of Blanc de Blanc – a 100% Chardonnay sparkling wine. It needs lots of time to age in bottle and will likely be released to Wine Club members only in 2017. We […]
Cabernet Franc in bottle
Today our very good friends Keith Geiman and Thom Britton were in town and we spent the day bottling up the 2012 Cabernet Franc. We ended up with 70 cases of a dark colored, beautiful dry red with a crisp finish. It should be a very nice wine alone but also with food. After resting […]
Sparkling Brut Rosé – First Bottling Day
Today was our very first bottling day! We were very grateful to be able to share that day with family and friends: Patrick and Jessie Gallagher and Shawn and Katie DeJohn. We bottled up 100 cases of the Brut Rosé. Yesterday we added a little yeast and sugar so that it will ferment in bottle […]