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2008 Pre-harvest report

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Due to some technical difficulties, it’s been a while since I posted on our blog. Thankfully and not without some frustration I am back on and in full blogging form.

2008 has been a very challenging vintage so far. Bud break was almost a month late. We were blessed with great growing conditions during bloom and were able […]

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Spring Wine Club Trip

Start Your Own Winery, Bishop Creek Vineyard

On Saturday, April 5th we had the wine club out to taste the 2007 wines and enjoy a day at the winery. The wines showed beautifully. We chose to highlight the influence of oak on Pinot Noir. We picked wine from three different barrels. Each barrel was produced by a different cooper and the wood […]

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Grafting

Bishop Creek Vineyard

March 2nd we are going to begin a grafting project. I picked up some Arneis cuttings from another grower in the area and we are going to graft them onto some disease resistant root stock that we raised at Bishop Creek. I am a big fan of Arneis. This variety is a native of the […]

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