Sweet Summer Schwag!
New vinyl decals, tees, tanks and hats! The artwork on the tees feature all of the flowers on the wine labels. Come on out to the tasting room to check it all out! We are open Thursday – Sunday 12 – 5 PM
Happy Pappy’s Day, June 16th
Join us here at the winery on Sunday, June 16th for our annual Happy Pappy’s Day! What’s a better way to celebrate dad than with live music, wine & barrel tastings, a golf contest, delish food, family-friendly activities and the beautiful setting of our gardens?! $10 per person (no exceptions), under 21 free. Outside food
Crushin’ on ICW Rieslings!
With spring on its way, we’re excited to share with you Wine Press NW’s ’12 Summer issue where they tasted through several of the top NW rieslings and featured their top-rankings …3, that’s right THREE of our rieslings earned wonderful reviews! We’re also proud that Idaho fared so well, overall, in this issue. Go Idaho!
Good news & good fortune!
With the close of a wonderful 2012 Harvest comes good news: We entered the Denver International Wine Label Competition and took home first place (Gold) for both categories! Our 2011 dry rosé of pinot noir won the ‘Individual Wine Label Design’ category. ··· Our main line of wines won the ‘Wine Label Series’ category: Our
Harvest Update: Week #2
Well it’s been almost a week since my last update. This past week was the “Pinot” week of harvest. Pinot Noir is almost always the first red to come in the doors and usually marks the beginning of the extremely busy part of harvest. During the last few days we managed to pick all of
2012 Harvest: Week 1
Harvest 2012 is now upon us! All of our hard work in the vineyard is now coming to fruition and it’s time to make the best wine we can from the best grapes we have grown. Last week I posted a little growing season recap, one subject that I failed to address, that many have
Pre-Harvest Update
Yesterday, September 16th, marked the first day of harvest for the 2012 vintage at Indian Creek! While it is not quite the earliest we have ever harvested, it is 1-2 weeks ahead of “normal”. It always confuses me when farmers use the term “normal” when talking about the weather. It seems the weather is rarely
Vineyard Update
The 2012 vintage has begun and so far it is looking good. An early bud break and a close-call escape from the late spring frosts puts us well ahead of last year. In fact we are about a week ahead of average and nearly three weeks ahead of last year! The early warm weather brought
Wishes and Wine
Recent Reviews and Awards
We have been fortunate enough to receive more than a couple very good reviews lately. First up, a couple of reviews from Wine Press Northwest’s weekly publication, Fresh Press May 15th, 2012 edition: Outstanding! Best Buy. Indian Creek Winery 2011 White Pinot Noir, Snake River Valley, $9. Bill Stowe’s Pinot Noir plantings were devastated during the winter of 2006-07,
The French Connection
Many people ask why we can grow such great Pinot Noir in the Kuna Butte area when no one else in the Snake River Valley seems to have any plantings. The old Burgundian saying is that “it’s all about the soil.” Pinot Noir especially thrives in the very basic, mineral rich soils of Burgundy, the
T-Shirt Design Contest!
As many of you know, we love our tees and longsleeves, and especially adorned with a cool design! Tammy is turning the design over to YOU this time with our very first ever, t-shirt design contest. The artist of the winning design will win 6 bottles of wine, their name featured on the shirt, and