Harvest  1999  October 21, 1999

Septic tank at The Chehalem House is having problems coping with eight residents and their showers, clothes washing, dishwashing, etc.

It gives Miti and his gang something to dig at between picking days. Looks like a new drain field. Maybe we should use it for drip irrigation!

Our last Stoller Vineyards pinot noir batches are being drained from fermentors, and the pomace pressed today. Same day as the last Stoller Dijon chardonnay grapes are picked.

The press is going full-tilt to keep up with whites and the interspersed pinots. Tomorrow will see the first Dijon clone chardonnay from Corral Creek Vineyards, from vines that were grafted in 1997 and '98 (onto 108 clone plants).

We're doing investigative winemaking via the Internet, writing friends in other areas regarding their techniques for vendage tardive wines.

Although we always harvest our Dry Riesling late harvest, we intend to do a major quantity of pinot gris as VT. We're finding out how others do it so we can build in some process comparisons.

Always the nerds.

Harry