Well, harvest 2007 in our new home in West Richland is now completed. We have plenty of wines finishing fermenting, but as far as bringing grapes, we are done.
The wines are turning very well. 2007 will be remembered for its high acids and cool harvest weather. Everything tastes great and is very promising.
This year we really focused on getting the new winery to work and on studying each vineyard lot much more that we have done in the past. One R&D project we’ve conducted was to develop a native yeast fermentation program. The native yeasts worked great and we will do 100% wild yeasts next year. I think we get more complex wines and very healthy fermentation with the wild yeasts (plus it is neat to make the wine with the yeasts that came on the grapes).
I’ll try to be a bit better at posting on this blog now that harvest is over with.
Cheers.
