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We’re finally into normal timing for picking some of our vineyard blocks. Unlike the hot year early-pick mode we were in…

The 2013 Vintage will be remembered for its weather extremes: consistently warmer than any growing season in memory from the beginning…

This is a uniformly excellent vintage in the Willamette Valley, more so than the last two or three where some read…

All our fruit is now in, with the picking and pressing of Corral Creek Lower Block Riesling today. This adds to…

Although the beginning of the fruiting period began with separation of sites during flowering, we are ending with a compressed period…

very human endeavor has a harvest, just ask tax accountants during tax season, or retailers awaiting holiday shopping season, or fishermen…

Rain is in the picture for the weekend, but that is the first we’ve really seen since late June and early…

Although preliminary and capable of being screwed up in winery, although we hope with our experience there is little of that,…

We are 90ish% complete with harvest, with only Riesling and 5 tons of Pinot noir smidgens to pick. We began picking…

There is no more sugar growth in grapes with cold nights and sunny but still cool days, so the benefit all…