Wine Tonite!

The lowly interns gathered together amongst the stainless steels tanks having just punched down 7 tons of Russian River Pinot Noir.  Wiping the sweat from their brows and drenched from consistent cleaning and errant spray from the hoses, the smiles still could not be peeled from their faces much to the dismay of the winemaker. [...]

I know you won’t believe it, but crush has finally begun at some wineries and custom crush facilities here in northern California wine country.  At Holdredge Wines, we picked a block last Friday, September 17, from 2 different vineyards: Bucher and Foothills Ranch.  Yes, for many wineries, they would be practically finished with crush by [...]

There are a lot of activities that go on behind the scenes of a winery to get grapes from the vineyard to your table in the form of quality wine in a bottle.  Many wineries employ “harvest interns” as a means to obtain cheap labor as well as provide an opportunity for those studying the [...]

After a pretty chill day tasting Gruet sparklers and rolling out only about 300 miles (compared to 721 and 666 the previous two days, respectively), today I planned to put in another hard days work on the road but making sure to check out some of the sights Utah has to offer.  I have to [...]

James Cagneyclaims he never actually said “Mmmm you dirty rat!” in his 1931 film Taxi!  But, I will claim it proudly come this harvest season in Sonoma as I get the pleasant opportunity to scrub tanks, clean barrels and help prepare and execute crush and fermentation at Holdredge Winesin Healdsburg, CA.  I owe a lot [...]