Vintages
Weather
Today
Another
sucko day in paradise!
Yesterday
was 74 and gorgeous, today promises to be the same.
Supposed
to be suspect tomorrow, but even if true will not bring much
rain. The rest of the next week plus is dry and sunny.
"I'm prepared
to declare 1999 the best vintage of the year."
Steve Doerner, Winemaker, Cristom.
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Harvest 1999 October
13, 1999
A
day of hiatus picking. We filled two new 8-ton pinot
noir fermentors Monday and Tuesday. That makes a total
of 69 tons in of approximately 200 for the year.
Most
people in the valley are indulging themselves by packing
on some more sugar and hangtime, with grapes in great
shape except for a little yellowjacket juice-sucking
and minor bird breakfasts on the vineyard perimeters.
We
have a cannon waking neighbors in the morning and some
recorded "birds in distress" speakers randomly playing
in the vineyard--Brodsky gets very excited when he
hears small creatures yelling "help" and races over
expecting to help. Oh my, this is beginning to sound
like a TV wildlife documentary.
Going
to sample the last grapes at Stoller and determine
the first harvest at Ridgecrest. Our rental truck and
loader are in place and the fermentors are ready.
Tomorrow.
Harry |
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