It’s been quite a while since my last installment to the “Wine Thinks” column as things have been busy in the winery the past few months. We have been filtering and bottling like crazy these last few months. The last of the ’09 white wines are in cold storage for cold stabilization prior to bottling. There they will sit for weeks at 27F for final acid reduction and tartrate stabilization. May has brought with it the addition of our seasonal treat, May Wine. This slightly sweet German style ‘09 white, is spiced with Sweet Woodruff which gives the wine a…
Welcome to this section of our website where I will occasionally post “Wine Thinks” which are happenings in and around the winery. So, people have this idea that, as the winemaker, I get to sit and sample wines all day. That’s perfectly true, except only in their imagination. The real world, unfortunately, gets into the “romance” and injects a certain amount of reality into the situation. This column is designed to be a sort of peek at the real happenings here at the winery. Well that being said, it’s been a long and winding road to get us to the…
