Winemaker’s Musings – December, 2020
The grapes are in and the wine is made! I (Nicole) have taken over the day-to-day winemaking operations while Jim has become “winemaker emeritus” if you will. But when he …
The grapes are in and the wine is made! I (Nicole) have taken over the day-to-day winemaking operations while Jim has become “winemaker emeritus” if you will. But when he …
The vineyard looks great this season. We were worried about fungal problems due to the heat and humidity, but it appears it may have too hot for fungus problems to …
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” That is a quote from a Tale of Two Cities. Sort of describes what we are going through. …
Winemaker’s Musings September 2019 Well it has been a couple months or so since my last entry. After our bitter winter we expected low crop amounts on a number of …
Winemaker’s Musings Sep 2017 What a summer! Harvest is now well underway and will be done in just 3 weeks. Fairly typical. But, the way we got here was …
Wow. Just pumped the reds out of the barrel today and sampled them…. Wow… My friends. This is the best Chambourcin I have ever tasted., and that is before I …
Interesting season we had here at Soaring Wings. Good heat, but a bit too much moisture. We worked our butts off to get it right though. Overall impressions are the …
Winemaker’s Musings What a spring! The vines are looking great. We are seeing the largest and best growing crop in several years. As most of you know the last couple …
Winemaker’s Musings January 2016 Pruning is coming along well. Jimmy and Jeremy have been doing a fine job of it. Will probably plant another experimental ½ acre of some …
The harvest is over and we are well into “Making the Wine”. It was a low harvest year again due the damage from three winters ago. Since we replanted 20% …