Friday, February 22, 2013

Winter Work

We've been busy in the winery bottleing - after our first full harvest, there is a lot of wine to bottle!  If you've been in lately, you will have seen the transformation - the patio room and barrel room have become case goods storage.  The bottling line is squeezed into the winery and we have all the botteling done (except for the Viagem and the soon to be released Deliciar - a white port style dessert wine).  The vineyards have also gotten a lot of attention - we have completed pruning the Seyvals, Vidal Blanc, Vignoles, Noiret and Chambourcin - just the Concords to go.  And with only a month away from spring, we are snowed in this weekend so we will be closed BUT this will give us a chance to write new tasting notes, update the website, catchup on paperwork & plan all the release parties - Seyval is the first one ready the first weekend of March. 


We are also working on planning our spring lineup of events and are very excited to having patio events! Funny - it's been warm and dry for months and the one weekend it is cold and snowy, we can't stop thinking about all the fun we will have when we can use the patio again!