At Harvest Time we find ourselves thankful for the engineering that makes modern winemaking safe, efficient, and a breeze. It’s the pneumatic press. It’s “pneumatic” because it uses air pressure to do the pressing. After destemming and crushing, the must, consisting of skins, pulp, seeds, and juice is pumped into the big round stainless steel [...]
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Annual Invasion of the Japanese Beetles
It’s almost over – the annual invasion of our “friends”, the Japanese Beetles. They arrive in late June and stay with us through July into early August. 5 years ago they were not a problem. Today they are a menace – a big one. They eat the leaves of the grape, but not the grapes. [...]
Chambourcin – A Rising Star
We’ll release our first Estate-Grown Chambourcin this Spring. Needless to say there is a little excitement around the ‘ole winery. Chambourcin is one of the two grapes grown in our newly-acquired vineyard down at Wine Country Gardens. We have been buying grapes from that vineyard before we took it over, and this year (after three [...]
How’s the Bottling Coming?
Bottling is a busy time around the Yellow Farmhouse. While it goes on throughout the year summer and fall are particularly busy times for bottling. Our Chambourcin started going into bottles in late October with Norton soon to follow. As you know we keep our reds in Oak for 18 months to 2 years before [...]
"A Walk in the Vineyard" – Special Event
The Second Annual “Walk in the Vineyard” dinner will be held Friday, September 24, the night before the Norton Harvest. It’s an enchanting night with tours of the the grape-laden vineyard the night before we harvest. The vines are at their fullest and walking tours are conducted by Vineyard Manager, Paul Wilson and Winemaker, Dale [...]
