picking this past Monday (September 18th ) with Hyde Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc.  We got about 2/3rds ... of fermentation because it smells so good. The picking of the SB went well, we happened to be the only one ... Place come and help that day.  Shana and Tracy were on the trailers picking the leaves out of the bins ... talked about all these things to make a picking decision.  I could tell from that sampling that we were...

Ever since I got back from my two days of visits with Kermit Lynch , it's been a race to get ready for harvest!  Family arriving on various days, made it fun and festive.  We started picking Saturday, September 1st!! Crazy early, but with the strange weather around here this year, the grapes ... is a very good thing after a long hot day of picking! More photos and news to come...

Does anyone know if there is any really good cellar-tracking software out there? Just to be difficult, I'm a Mac user...

Gary Brookman , winemaker   A picking crew showed up at the winery early this morning to harvest the 1.5 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon from the half-acre vineyard planted out front. Meanwhile our Tempranillo, which has nearly completed fermentation, was drained and pressed. Later in the evening we received and pressed a truckload of Viognier from Simpson Vineyard. Click Here for more...

I'm picking grapes today and tomorrow with my friend Kenny in Russian River . This is my first foray into the real "getting your hands dirty" part of the wine biz, and I must say it feels long overdue. Kenny's been featured in the blog a bunch, so you can read about him here . I promise some fun tidbits about life "behind the scenes" during crush when I get back, so that those of you...

Monday September 3rd It’s Labor Day and we are on our second day of picking Sauvignon Blanc ... so far, so I’m happy.  One of the things the heat does is compressing the picking ... that is involved in picking it, trucking it and processing it, because a lot of people want to do ... and a half, maybe, especially Sauvignon Blanc, it’s fairly easy picking.  But, because it’s warm...

... the second week of October. Which is exactly why I'm picking this weekend. This warm stretch might...

Picking grapes for wine is the first step a winemaker must do to make delicious wine. The timing is crucial for picking grapes with the correct sugar content since this is so important in making the wine. It goes beyond this one fact though, so join us at Bedell Cellars...read more...

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