Last week was the 5th annual Grapes and Cowboys event put on by the Canyon County Habitat for Humanity. The event is held out here at Indian Creek every year. We donate the grounds and a portion of all wine sales for the night to Habitat for Humanity. Here is a short vid of the
Dahlia Dog sends her love, lots of wet kisses.
Indian Creek Winery’s annual Happy Pappy’s Day celebration! Music, wine, barrel tastings. Mama Mui’s Thai plate lunches $6. 12 – 5 pm $10/adult, under 21 free
Ok, another photo post. I took these shots last week. They are all flowers around the tasting room. Everything is looking so beautiful at the winery right now, flowers, vineyard, and the Catalpa trees are blooming as well. Click on the image for a larger view:
Here are a few shots of the vineyard I took about a week ago, just after one of the many afternoon thunderstorms we have been experiencing. Click on the photo for a larger view: -mike
Last weekend was the second wedding of the year out here at Indian Creek Winery. Justin and Aubrey had a beautiful wedding and I was able to take a few shots: Tammy designed a great custom label for the couple. They used them as party favors and placed one on each table for the guests.
This was the view of the Stowe Vineyard last night after a big afternoon thunderstorm ripped through. Although the photos do not show it, I counted up to five rainbows at once: the bottom main rainbow seemed to reverse itself on the bottom (you can see that if you click on the photos), there was
Have you ever wondered why some wines have a crisp, almost tart acidity to them (think Pinot Gris or a dry Riesling) while others have a more mellow creaminess feel (Chardonnay). This is due to a process called malolactic fermentation. To many people, fermentation means the conversion of sugar to alcohol. In winemaking we call
Yesterday we planted about 1000 baby vines in the vineyard. Over the last few years the Stowe Vineyard has developed many “skips” or missing plants, many due to the 06/07 winter freeze that took 80-90% of the vineyard. While most the vineyard came back healthy and strong, there were many plants that just couldn’t make
Can’t resist, she’s our little baby now. Here are a few photos of Dahlia (Baby-D). She has taken to the vineyard life well learning how to pull weeds, move branches and vineyard canes into a pile and of coarse greet people in the tasting room. If you haven’t already, come on out and meet the
Here are a few photos of the Chardonnay vines I took last night at sunset: -Mike McClure
Join us at Indian Creek Winery for our new release of the limited-production Mountain Syringa White Blend. Bring a picnic and blanket and watch “Big Mac & His Main Squeeze” perform songs on Saturday from Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and Elvis. Talented local artist and architect, Alan Giltzow, will have unique