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Estate Grapes

We picked, crushed and pressed 11 lbs. of the Estate grapes all by hand. ended with a low Brix, only 21.5. I pressed it into a rose, the last one was awful, this can’t [...]

Tentative Crush 9/14/08

Looks like we will be crushing Dry Creek Zin/Petite a week from today. Phoebe and I will probably pick the “estate” grapes this week after school sometime and crush/press it into the house Rose Magnum. Last years sucked, but I will pay more attention to [...]

2007 Estate Harvest

Phoebe and I picked 7 lbs., 8 oz. of Cabernet from our single vine. I foot-stomped it and hand pressed using a colander and stainless mixing bowl yielding just shy of 2 liters of juice at 24.5ºB.

I pitched a little of the extra D21/Fermaid K slurry into it to make our [...]