Urban WineWorks

It seems hard to believe we’re already thinking about the upcoming harvest.  We’re keeping a close eye on the weather as we head into bloom because cold and or wet weather during bloom can drastically affect the yields we expect to see this year. Once the grapes have made their transition from flower to fruit, and we have […]

Marcus and I tasted through the Start Your Own Winery Pinot Noir last week and everything tasted really nice. The wine has been stored on its lees now for a while, and while this has been proven to enhance texture and mouthfeel, it is probably time to go ahead and rack it off. Anytime you […]

We are literally just days away from bud break. Bud break is when the buds open up and the new shoots emerge from the fruiting cane. This is when things begin to really pick up in the vineyard. We’re now working on mowing, cultivating, and general vineyard floor management. Soon we’ll be looking at shoot […]

We bottled the Start Your Own Winery Pinot Gris this past weekend. The wine turned out great! Ph was 3.2, free SO2 was 30ppm, and TA (titratable acidity) .67. These are all really good numbers for a bright, stable Oregon Pinot Gris! We sterile filtered it and went directly to bottle. A very clean and […]

One of the reasons that people like Dick Erath still make wine in their garage, as Dick is doing this vintage even after selling his winery, is that it provides infinite challenges to the winemaker. No two years are exactly alike. The weather changes from year to year, that affects the growth of the vines […]