2011 finished

we harvested all the mourvedre on sunday october 2nd. lovely fruit with very little bird or insect damage. our wasp campaign was a successful and the new nets (thank you MSC) are fantastic. i am very pleased with 2011 as an agricultural year and i have high hopes that the wine will be special.

2011 Grenache pressed Oct. 3

Pressed Grenache today.  Tired.  Slightly tipsy.  The delay in pressing due to equipment problems caused no trouble.  Cap still up.  Fermentations still going along slowly.  All is well.

harvest 2011

we harvested the west syrah rows on 9-28 and we will harvest all the mourvedre tomorrow the 2nd. viejas mountain will be done.