Wine club shipments have started rolling out depending on temperatures. We don’t like to ship our wine when it’s relatively hot and have it sit in warm trucks and warehouses.
Temps have started to drop across the country…so your beautiful wines are on their way!
Here’s a few photos from our harvest these past few weeks.
The grapes were fantastic, now resting in their French Oak homes. 2015 is going to be another amazing vintage!!!
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Put a fork in this harvest…it is done!
Another one in the books. 2015 was a great harvest and will make an absolutely delicious cab. Cheers to the bounty of this beautiful land!!!
First day of harvesting hillside ESTATE Cabernet Sauvignon….. beautiful!
Will let much of the rest of the vineyard wait for another week or so…give those lovelies some “hang time.”
Walking through the vineyard today checking sugars…. Many growers have started picking Pinot Noir and Chardonnay… it is VERY early!!!
Remember we are growing Cabernet Sauvignon in the Russian River Valley where it is cooler. We have a ways to go….
We want to get to 24.5 Brix (pronounced bricks….loosely translated, a percentage of sugar present in the fruit). We are at 19 brix. Getting close.
Getting excited about our Wine Club trip to Italy in May 2016…getting closer. 12 of us will fly into Florence and off to Panzano.
Private wine tasting, including local and our own Tara Bella wines. Did I mention the cooking class?
I think I can hang here.
After Bottling Day came River Day…so after finishing the bottling of 880 cases at the end of last week, 9 of the intrepid crew chose to face the raging Russian River.
Thanks so much Larry Laba and Russian River Adventures for such a fun filled day.
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Bottling of the 2013 Vintage begins today! Can’t wait for you to try it!!!
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Cheers to our beautiful and growing 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon!
It’s that beautiful time of year again when our Cabernet Sauvignon grapes (in the Russian River Valley) start to change from green to purple…this means we are about 70-80 days out from harvest.
Just love the colors right now.
