Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Christmas wineI think we’ll have a Tara Bella 2012 ESTATE Cabernet to kick off the Holiday Season…Salute!

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Tree TrimmingHave to trim the trees before we can ‘trim the trees.’

Come visit…such a beautiful time of year.

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Presley and Thornton helping us sow about 40 gazillion California Poppy Seeds collected from last year.

Planting poppy seeds

Planting poppy seeds

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

We just love the colors of Fall. The grapes are harvested, the wine is in the barrel and the weather is getting colder…..

Looking across the ESTATE Vineyard this morning.

Tara Bella in Fall

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

White grapes

“White Grapes” by Wendy

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Thank you so much guys for bringing in all those grapes….. over 13 TON!!!!! Wow! Cooked up a big ole pile of Organic pork ribs…. Wendy M’s Guacamole… Wendy M’s Salsa….. various salads and of course… Modelo…. Especial y Negro……Muchas gracias por su ayuda, amigos………..

Harvest fiesta Harvest fiesta Harvest fiesta

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Early morning and our friend the fog has returned.  Harvest continues as the day warms up…… another low 90s day….  Cabernet Sauvignon loving this Sonoma County weather….. cool foggy nights and very warm days….. perfect for growing grapes….

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Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Tara Bella Cab

Our beautiful ESTATE Cabernet Sauvignon is loving this end of summer heat….  mid 90s for several days is just what the doctor ordered… Sugars are climbing. Testing at 24.2 – 25.1 degrees Brix…..  So exciting….  Another beautiful harvest under way.

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

We got 3/4 inch of rain in about 45 minutes. Made for some awesome sky.

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Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Planes began to fly over the vineyard from the Sonoma County airshow as we began harvesting the grapes.

What IS that??? An Osprey… about 6 inches from our porch…

Harvest and airshow

Sonoma County airshow