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Fifteen second
video clips taken throughout the vineyard year in 2005.
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(Technical slideshow about Grape Canopy Management,
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June -- In the vineyard.
Second spray of the year.
Japanese beetle damage.
Spraying for beetles. Another long day.
Ron's commute home.
Ron and Meg are caught up with the
viticultural work!
September -- Harvest...
Nicole picking Sauvignon Blanc
Weighing the grapes
Brad does his Chateau d'Yquem imitation
White Revelation
...and
the start of Crush
Seth
on the crusher.
Loading the press. Grapes and rice hulls are loaded into the press;
the rice hulls help the juicing process.
Seth and Ron cleaning the press cake
off the bladder... the press cake is the grape pulp left after pressing.
It's brought to our back ridge and discarded... and the cows just love
it. I have seen them chase the truck to get at it.
Seth and Judy crush the traminette
We
trap a little red fox
It
wants to stay!
October
-- Harvest continues
On
the trailer on the way out to harvest the Syrah
Pressing
the Cabernet Franc
A.M.
on the way to the vineyard
Picking
cabernet sauvignon
...back
at the winery, the punchdowns begin. At this point the wild yeast has
been terminated, and winemaker's yeast has been added for the
fermentation.
Ron is up all night with the punchdowns
26 new barrels arrive for the 2005 harvest
The wine in tank is pumped into barrels.
End of crush. Cabernet Sauvignon in tanks prior to going into barrel
Cleanup
Red pomice on the way to the farm
Is it over? Returning the fermentation
bins to the back barn.
In
November through May, the wine is constantly monitored, tested, red wine
pumped out of the barrels off the lees, and returned to barrel.
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