Apr 3, 2019 | In the Vineyard, Musings, Praise/Press
Dyer Vineyard was recently asked to contribute content on Diamond Mountain to a new guidebook to Napa Valley… nothing NEW about that. But wait! Drive Though Napa is a refreshing, clear, information packed gem. From its clean, logical graphic layout to its focus...
Jan 27, 2019 | In the Vineyard, Praise/Press
In the most recent issue of the Robb Report Sara Schneider discusses the handful of vineyards and vintners in Napa Valley’s mountain AVAs that deliver wines of elegance, power, and balance. She contrasts these with the broader more hedonistic style that some...
Aug 31, 2018 | In the Vineyard
The 2018 harvest is still more than a month away here at Dyer Vineyard on Diamond Mountain. Even as we finish the green drop and color thinning the St Helena Star and the Napa Valley Register have begun to publish their weekly reports from all 13 AVAs and I’m...
Aug 24, 2018 | In the Vineyard
When we planted Dyer Vineyard 25 years ago, the hot topics were row direction, vine spacing, varieties, clones, and rootstock. Since then we’ve overseen the vineyard transition from head trained to cordon. We’ve reduced the varieties from all 5 Bordeaux varieties to...
Oct 15, 2017 | In the Vineyard
Timing is everything! We harvested our vineyard on Friday October 6th. Picking started at 4:00am using headlamps, with a full moon overhead. Having the assistance of the Harvest Moon was certainly appropriate. Grapes were at the winery by 10am and through the...
