Ivo Jeramaz, our winemaker, quotes this as a miracle harvest and yield! We have not received this kind of yield since 2010, and the temperatures have been beautiful for picking. Our vineyard team begins harvesting grapes at midnight and through the night; this night...
Jorge Nave carefully tops Merlot barrels, replacing wine that has naturally evaporated. Our late harvest 2016 Violetta continues to progress nicely through fermentation. In the cellar, we continue monitoring the red wines as they begin to undergo malolactic...
Cellar Foreman Luis Mora adjusts the basket press packed with grapes for our late harvest Violetta. The vineyard crew worked hard to finish planting cover crop before the latest round of rains last week. Vice President of Vineyards & Production Ivo Jeramaz reports...
We harvested the last grapes (except for late harvest Violetta) on Tuesday. Ivo Jeramaz, Vice President of Vineyards & Production, says this vintage has been a nice, steady flow of grapes ripening, allowing us time to crush and store the fermenting juice without...
Picking white grapes at night in our American Canyon Vineyard Harvest 2016 is underway! We had picked a couple of vineyard blocks last week but on Wednesday the cellar crew welcomed 20 tons of Sauvignon Blanc plus Old Wente Clone Chardonnay from Carneros. Another 60...
Chardonnay turning luminescent in our American Canyon Vineyard Ivo Jeramaz, our Vice President of Vineyards and Production, reports the vines look very healthy so far, with no sign of mildew or other diseases. We just finished placing our bird netting over the vines...
