Wow - we’re halfway through harvesting our grapes this year. It’s been a very interesting year so far, and this year’s harvest may well prove to be the best we’ve ever had.
We started with Siegerrebe on Sept 14, which is always great because it’s a fairly small portion of our vineyard, and allows us to [...]
So, we’ve been finishing the sparkling wine production, ready for sale during the Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival.
Thought I would post a few pictures to illustrate the fun of “disgorgement”
Sparkling wine done in the traditional method involves a secondary fermentation in the bottle. At the end of this process, the yeast must be “disgorged” in [...]
Well, it’s been a great summer - lots of heat & sunshine and our grapes are certainly responding well.
All our grapes are through veraison now, the pinot noir is just finishing the last few bunches… So of course we have to get our bird netting up, because nothing interests starlings & robins more than big bunches [...]