Harvest Update
Holy Toledo, Batman! Since starting harvest on Sunday, Sept 24, we have brought in about 65% of what we will bring in this year. Our winemaking team has been working 16 hr-days trying to keep up with the flow of fruit.
The weather has been warm - a bit warmer than we'd like, causing the sugar levels to be slightly higher than our ideal. There is good flavor maturation though, signaling that this is the optimal time to be bringing in all our fruit. The crop is also a good size and is coming in according to our estimates.
The weather forecast and picking schedule are for more of the same - sunshine (80 degrees) and long working days. Today we will bring in the last of our estate Pinot Noir, and the rest of our whites (White Riesling for our dessert wine and Muller Thurgau for Evolution) will be picked on Saturday and early next week. The harvest of 2006 will certainly go down in our record books as being one of - if not the - fastest harvest ever.