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We thought some of you might enjoy knowing
more about what we're doing. As our story evolves, we’ll
continue to provide harvest photos in the Lookback
at the Year photo gallery below. For news updates, you can
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A Look Back at the Year:
Vintage 2006 Harvest Photos
Cindy and Reilly overlooking Hawks
Butte Vineyard in May
Near record winter rains fill our pond
Merlot blooms in late June
Syrah takes off during the “grand period of growth” in
June
Cool, foggy mornings are common in mid-summer
An early morning view of Hawks Butte Vineyard
Syrah veraison in mid-August
Reilly - “King of the Vineyard”
Deb checks sugar, or brix, levels with a refractometer
Merlot harvest day sunrise, September 23.
Pickers move quickly through the steep vineyard
Deb keeps an eye on the pick
Merlot clusters ready to go to the winery
A tractor pulls half-ton bins through the vineyard
By mid-morning the truck is loaded with
5 tons of merlot
Deb and the winery team sort pinot noir, harvested September
30th
Checking pinot noir fermentation (Wadenswil 2A clone)
Tasting
pinot noir as it ferments (Pomard clone)
Checking on the syrah fermentation, harvested
September 29
Cindy and
Deb “barreling down” the
wines
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