We have very sad news. Aussie has passed away due to old age and a stroke. Last night, after Mike and I got back from town we went to check out the new building where my dad was chipping away at some work. I headed towards the house and was greeted by Aussie. He was
After a couple of days of taking it easy on my stitched up hand, I decided to give pruning a try. Unfortunately my hand is still to sensitive to prune. Although, I am able to use the big loppers and go through the vineyard and pre-prune the vines. It is strange how we adapt to
The last couple of days have been beautiful out here at Indian Creek so I decided it was time to start working in the vineyard. The ground is starting to dry up and the air is warming; things are coming back to life. Every spring there is a lot to do in the vineyard: old
What is it about the Northwest that keeps me here? There something in the air that truly connects each person with this region. It’s a strong worth ethic, a compassion for the vast landscapes and family values. My connection is one that shows how Idaho has called me to connect with these three values and
Earlier this week we had a couple big bottling days. We bottled about 700 cases of our 2006 Cab and Star Garnet as well as some Vin du Bois wines. While bottling days can be horrendous, these two days went very smooth. So smooth in fact that we had a little time to shoot a
Wednesday Mike and I headed up to Riggins (three hours) took a play-day rock climbing. The weather was perfect and it was great to hang out with our friend Mike Bockino. They are doing road construction on the Salmon river road which is where we climb so the only times they’ll let you thru is
These past two days have been hardcore! Seriously, hard on the core, and back and shoulders and feet! I bent over, lifted, carried and flipped over 700 cases of wine yesterday and today! My shoulders/neck area is stiff as a rock. Kudos to laborers who do physical work every single day. Yesterday we bottled our
Today was another busy day. Started out slow but the pace picked up quickly. It was great to see so many familiar faces again and I have to say that we have a kick-ass local community. They are our foundation, we would not be here without them and it’s an honor to have them continuously
All day Friday I was wondering how the next day would go. We’re one of five wineries who had advertised this weekend being “Spring barrel tasting weekend”, it’s also Wine-Thirty wine club pickup weekend and we also had a bus group scheduled to come out during open tasting hours. I wasn’t panicking or getting my
Most of my climbing-related posts are conducted on climbidaho.com so this will be geared mainly towards the inner-workings and daily goings-on here at Indian Creek Winery. I think a blog like this will be interesting to have in ten years or so….being able to go back and see what changes have been made, what’s stayed