Successful Summer Hike
We had and amazing time on our first Summer Vineyard Hike this past Saturday. Though the weather started off questionably, it quickly proved to be the perfect day for a hike. The late night/early morning rain gave us just enough moisture to keep the dust down in the vineyard,which made for ideal conditions. The hikes have proven to be quite popular. We quickly sold out of both of them and have a waiting list for our final one.
We all met at 10am and set out for a 2.5 mile hike from the bottom to the top of our Certified Organic Vineyards. Along the way we stopped for wine amongst the vines, information on farming, winemaking and geology. Cellar Club members brought friends, family and their four legged friends.
The first stop we tasted our 2007 Sokol Blosser Pinot Gris. (Which was heavenly.) We then headed up to Red Ridge Farms where we tasted their delicious olive oil and toured their almost completed, olive oil press and event space. (If you have not been up to Red Ridge Farms, you must make a stop the next time you are out in the Dundee Hills. They have a beautiful nursery with sweeping views of the Red Hills.)
Next, we headed back down for a glass of our 2005 Dundee Hills Pinot Noir, followed shortly by a picnic buffet amongst the vines where we tasted our Evolution, Meditrina and 2007 Rose of Pinot Noir.
By the end of the day, we had made some great new friends, caught up with some old ones and left with large smiles on all of our faces. Thanks to all of you who made our first hike so special. For those who did not make it in to these hikes, don’t fret, we will most certainly be doing this again soon.
-Hiker Knapp