2020 – The Lost Year

2020 – The Lost Year

Growing and making wine encourages one to take the long view as each wine released represents years of planning and work. After a droughty winter and in full on COVID mode, we went into a hot summer growing season already on edge. COVID, DROUGHT, and then FIRE On...
The big picture: wine style

The big picture: wine style

I suppose every field has its controversies. Two that  we hear about quite often in wine production are alcohol level and the hundred point scale. I will address them together as I believe they are closely linked. Over the last decade or so we have seen alcohol levels...