... a little more than half the vineyard and winery's annual needs.  The investment was reasonable ... panels just to the east of the winery, above the head-pruned Mourvedre near our entry gate, and below what we call "Mount Mourvedre" behind the winery. To celebrate the launch of the solar power ... .  You can read more about this and other upcoming winery events , or check out the details: Saturday...

This week has been as productive as we had hoped, and we have brought in over 100 tons of grapes.  The weather has been perfect, with days in the upper 80s, clear skies, and a good breeze.  We've brought in the Grenache and Grenache Blanc, and most of the rest ...

We're enjoying probably the last relatively mellow day before harvest starts in earnest.  From sampling we have done, it looks like we're going to see significant amounts of Syrah, Viognier, and Grenache Blanc this week.  Ripening is proceding under ideal conditions: low-90s daytime temperatures, upper-40s nighttime temps, full sun, no ...

This week we began bringing in more of the red varietals, including almost 20 tons of Syrah and a small amount of Grenache. The Syrah is put into open-top tanks to ferment, and as the grape skins float to the top of the tank, we pump the juice over the ...

Harvest 2006 is underway! We began picking this past Thursday (September 14) with Chardonnay grapes for our "Antithesis" Chardonnay. Viognier , traditionally the earliest-ripening Rhone varietal, followed on Friday the 15th . This week, we brought in our first lots of Roussanne , earmarked for our "Bergeron" wine, on September ...

The cool and wet weather at the end of last week and the beginning of this week has temporarily halted picking. The light rain has washed some of the dirt off the grapes, and we’ll be ready to bring in more grapes as the weather remains dry.  At this point, we have approximately one third of the grapes in the winery. Meanwhile, in the winery, we have begun pressing the Syrah. After fermenting...

This month is our paean salute, our end-of-winter bonfire, our celebration of everything wine symbolizes—good food, warmth, red berries and red lips, sunlight and firelight, and most of all, the mystery of earth's bounty and man's eagerness to preserve it. Some zinfandels are elegant yet barbaric contenders for a Gallic ...

We took a break from harvesting late last week to let an early band of cool, wet weather pass.  Parts of the Central Coast received significant amounts of rain (even some big thunderstorms) but at Paso Robles we received a more moderate 0.2" over Thursday night and Friday morning.  It ...

  I love this kind of stuff—this is what gets me out of bed and into the winery or the vineyard...