this weekend DEAL
Star Garnet: 6 bottle purchase = 20% offopen every weekend 12 – 5
Harvesting PINOT PINOT PINOT…and more!
Yesterday we harvested, destemmed/pressed off 15 TONS of Pinot Noir grapes!That could be a record for us in a day. The infamous IC-dub grape boxes Gorsky and Miles slaving away……..Mike at the press:Kuna Butte Vineyards Pinot NoirOoooh, pretty and tasty too! This is the must (juice) coming from the pan underneath the press which we’ll
Wish you had these?!?
not ONLY do we do CUSTOM LABELLED WINE……….but as you can see we do custom printed glasses too! Super for weddings, parties and such…OR……have you thought about what you’re giving as Christmas gifts yet?!? 😀 Everyone likes glasses…and wine, if they don’t well, more for us. I just got these organic alternative apparel cotton tees
first frost!
Nope, we didn’t have any frost last nite…in fact tomorrow the high is supposed to be back up to 71º! We suffered a long, cold weekend: 10.09 – 10.12 and as you can see in the photos, our vineyard fan and smudge pots did not make the cut. But we tried. Luckily, despite our Cab
4:30am, 25F
It’s 4:30 a.m. Â and the thermometer outside reads 26 degrees F. I just got back from outside refilling the gas tank on our vineyard fan and making sure our smudge piles were still burning. I suppose this is probably the last day of the growing season but we will have to wait and see how
whoa! A long, short summary of the HM!
Time flies and there is much to be updated on. First, our wedding and honeymoon…the wedding was wonderful and soon we’ll post a few pics but we were fortunate to be able to squeeze a short honeymoon in after our wedding and here are some images that captured the fun.First, we made a nice drive
Vintage 2008!
The 2008 harvest has begun!!! On Monday we picked just over a half ton of chard for our first ever sparkling wine (Champagne style). The fruit came in beautifully, was pressed immediately and is now sitting in the barrels with the first few bubbles of fermentation rising to the surface. Here are a couple photos
Harvest Time!!!
This year we have decided to make a small amount of Sparkling wine (Champagne) out of our Stowe Vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. This means we need to harvest a little earlier than we would for a normal still wine. After checking the Brix, a measure of sugar, and the pH yesterday, we have determined
Bird Damage
After noticing the bird population increase dramatically I took a walk through the Chardonnay, which is what the birds tend to go after first, and found this:The Chardonnay is now covered and we will be putting more bird netting on over the next couple days.
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiird Netting!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, we have officially seen some bird damage in the vineyard. What is strange this year is that there’s quite a diversity of these critters…usually mostly starlings and blackbirds but we’ve seen some doves in the mix too (and I love doves…they don’t eat the grapes and make beautiful songs). We have a hawk in
Idaho Wine Fest!
Here are a few photos from last nights Idaho Wine Festival put on by the TVWS. The judging went great! We took home medals on every wine we entered including a silver for the 2006 Syrah and a gold for the 2006 Chard. For a complete list of the medal winners click here. ??? and
Veraison
Veraison, in viticulture, is the change from berry growth to berry ripening. We can see this in the grapes because the colors begin to change (green to red), acidity decreases, sugar increases, and ripe flavors begin to develop. Veraison has officially begun here at the Stowe Vineyard at Indian Creek Winery and this means that