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The Story Behind the Missing Vintage

In the Vineyard September 27 | 5:27 AM

We recently sent out an e-mail to our mailing list customers informing them we will not be releasing a 2011 vintage from our vineyard, and instead are offering an older vintage (2005) from our library for the holidays. This is after 15 consecutive annual releases–here is the story behind our “missing vintage.” We have often

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Strategy for an early season

In the Vineyard September 27 | 5:24 AM

We are off to an early start with the 2015 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon vintage—here on Diamond Mountain our vines budded out about 10 days ahead of normal. We did something a little different this year with our pruning, which you can see in this photo. Mid-winter when the vines were very dormant we pruned

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Managing tannins is key

In the Vineyard September 27 | 5:22 AM
Managing tannins is key

Managing tannins is key to making wine on Diamond Mountain- all those lovely aromas and flavors can be overwhelmed by hard mountain tannins if not managed properly.  And like most things in winemaking, that management starts in the vineyard.  We are already doing tannin management for the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon. We recently removed excessive shoots

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What makes a great vintage? Take 2013 as an example

In the Vineyard September 27 | 5:21 AM

Winemakers tend to be “optimystics”, which is probably a good thing as each year nature hands us a new season with its own set of challenges. When we get through a vintage, sometimes it is difficult to rein in our enthusiasm for what we produced often leading to some amusing pronouncements. Having said that, we

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Optimistic about 2016

In the Vineyard September 27 | 5:13 AM
Optimistic about 2016

We seem to have the drought behind us, at least for this season. Here are our vines in mid-May. They have been shoot thinned, leaving about 30 shoots per vine, which results in an open canopy of leaves without too much shading of the developing fruit. The remaining shoots have been tucked into the trellis wire,

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Dyer Vineyard Announces that verasion is now underway for Napa Valley Vineyards

In the Vineyard September 27 | 4:36 AM
Dyer Vineyard Announces that verasion is now underway for Napa Valley Vineyards

Dyer Vineyard is pleased to announce that veraison is underway in the vineyard, signaling a busy harvest in late September for their Napa Valley winery. Napa Valley, CA – August, 2016 – Dyer Vineyard has announced the beginnings of veraison in their Napa Valley vineyard.  Veraison is the period when grapes develop color and signals the start

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