08 Harvest is in!
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Sunrise over Pinot Noir
We began harvest on October 1, 2008. We are fortunate to have an “early harvest” vineyard and avoided the rain. We should finish our major pick by October 8 with the last of the Pinot Gris. Chardonnay will come after that and the Merlot by next week—if the birds don’t get it first!
The pinot grapes are coming in at 23.5 Brix, sweet, full, deep and juicy. This should give us some remarkable wine.
Danuta’s been managing the crush machine, standing on a ladder for 8 hours straight. She walks like a drunken sailor on terra firma—and that’s without a whiff of wine! Robin’s been handling the totes and forklifts, running across logistical challenges with pickers, trucks, a busted head gasket on our all-terrain forklift, and other assorted varieties of harvest eccentricities…all without a single harsh word, practically.
We’re blessed with dry, cool weather and an abundant harvest.