In The Vineyard
Every few months we post an update on our homepage about what we are doing in the vineyards.
We then move the old entries to this page to provide an enlightening history!
November 2024
We pressed our last tank of the beautiful 2024 vintage, the wines were all put down to barrel, and we waited patiently for them to complete their secondary malolactic fermentation. Outside, the vines were rejuvenated by fall rains and a bit of irrigation on our part, allowing them to get ready for winter dormancy. And now the storms are marching in!
At long last we celebrated last spring’s release of the 2020 Kronos, our 25th anniversary vintage! Tasting through verticals with guests and trade, Cathy got a bit emotional reviewing her Kronos journey. It’s an honor to steward the gnarly old vines!
August 2024
At the end of veraison, we took a last pass through the vineyard, dropping green clusters that lagged behind their cohort. This allows us to pick uniformly ripe fruit in the fall. This year, veraison was remarkably even and we hardly dropped any fruit. Now with long, warm, sunny days and cool nights ushered in by the fog, the grapes are marching toward ripeness.
Cathy, Rose and Grace are walking the vineyards daily, monitoring vine health and checking for ripeness. In making their picking decision they look at many things, including vine status, flavor, aromatics, acidity, sugar level, and color. Cabernet will soon be rolling in! It’s an exciting time to visit the winery. Take a walk in Kronos vineyard, then grab a seat to taste some Cabernets while watching the crew craft vintage 2024!
June 2024
Happy Summer Solstice! Spring was very mild with perfect weather for flowering, leading to a terrific set. The berries are sizing up and it is looking like we’ll have a bountiful crop this year. The vines are so happy, with lots of water still in the soil from late rains. The weeds thrived as well in our organic vineyards, which we manage mechanically with our electric tractor. We just finished our third mowing pass!
Throughout the growing season we stay busy with canopy management, starting with suckering in early spring, pruning all shoots that are sprouting where we don’t want them. We are now removing laterals in the fruit zone, on the morning sun side, to let the perfect amount of dappled light and air in to the developing clusters.
This is the sixth year we’ve done all of the vineyard work ourselves, so we’re over the moon that the vines get what they need, when they need it, more than ever before.
November 2024
We pressed our last tank of the beautiful 2024 vintage, the wines were all put down to barrel, and we waited patiently for them to complete their secondary malolactic fermentation. Outside, the vines were rejuvenated by fall rains and a bit of irrigation on our part, allowing them to get ready for winter dormancy. And now the storms are marching in!
At long last we celebrated last spring’s release of the 2020 Kronos, our 25th anniversary vintage! Tasting through verticals with guests and trade, Cathy got a bit emotional reviewing her Kronos journey. It’s an honor to steward the gnarly old vines!
August 2024
At the end of veraison, we took a last pass through the vineyard, dropping green clusters that lagged behind their cohort. This allows us to pick uniformly ripe fruit in the fall. This year, veraison was remarkably even and we hardly dropped any fruit. Now with long, warm, sunny days and cool nights ushered in by the fog, the grapes are marching toward ripeness.
Cathy, Rose and Grace are walking the vineyards daily, monitoring vine health and checking for ripeness. In making their picking decision they look at many things, including vine status, flavor, aromatics, acidity, sugar level, and color. Cabernet will soon be rolling in! It’s an exciting time to visit the winery. Take a walk in Kronos vineyard, then grab a seat to taste some Cabernets while watching the crew craft vintage 2024!
June 2024
Happy Summer Solstice! Spring was very mild with perfect weather for flowering, leading to a terrific set. The berries are sizing up and it is looking like we’ll have a bountiful crop this year. The vines are so happy, with lots of water still in the soil from late rains. The weeds thrived as well in our organic vineyards, which we manage mechanically with our electric tractor. We just finished our third mowing pass!
Throughout the growing season we stay busy with canopy management, starting with suckering in early spring, pruning all shoots that are sprouting where we don’t want them. We are now removing laterals in the fruit zone, on the morning sun side, to let the perfect amount of dappled light and air in to the developing clusters.
This is the sixth year we’ve done all of the vineyard work ourselves, so we’re over the moon that the vines get what they need, when they need it, more than ever before.