Vineyard

Summer in the Vineyard - Collage of pictures of the vineyard while the sun rises.

Summer in the Vineyard

It is summer in the vineyard! It has been a very hot June (over 100 degrees) but the vines love it so we will take…

Pruning 2021 - A view down rows in the vineyard.

Pruning 2021

It’s that time of year again, pruning time! Pruning for 2021 has begun and it is going well. This is an exciting time of the…

Labeling 2017 Vintage - Rolling the label on the bottle.

Labeling 2017 Vintage

We got our labels in and we are ready to begin labeling our 2017 vintage! The Labels The picture on the labels was taken on…

Pictures from bottling.

Bottling 2017 Vintage

We have been bottling our 2017 vintage! To say we are excited is an understatement! New Equipment A friend and fellow wine maker gave us…

Fall Vineyard - Looking down a row of grape vines which have some multi colored leaves.

Fall Vineyard

Fall weather (or as close as we ever get to fall weather) has begun. So now the vineyard has its fall leaves on! Our Fall…

Collage - fillling press

Pressing Montepulciano Grapes

Pressing Montepulciano grapes is done after fermentation is finished. Now we get to go through the whole process of pressing Montepulciano. It’s a fun process!…

close up - wire clipped onto posts

Vermentino Trellis

The trellis or support system we use for our grape cordon and canopy is up in the Vermentino! Here are some pictures of the different…

Scooping grapes to crush

Crushing Montepulciano Grapes

It is time to start crushing Montepulciano grapes since we have finished our last harvest for 2020! Crushing Montepulciano Grapes Today, we are using the…

Crushing Algianico Grapes

Aglianico Crush 2020

Aglianico crush for 2020 is happening! Crushing the red grapes is just like crushing the white grapes. We are just not going to press right…