Lots to do this weekend!ย Of course, there were 2 trips to the office winery to punch down the newly pitched Petite Sirah.ย By the evening, the temp was up to 78 degrees (in an air conditioned room) and there were serious caps on all of the buckets.ย Then I had to deal with trying […]
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I checked in with the guys yesterday, the petite sirah was due to be pitched.ย In fact, it looked like it was already bubbling away, like what happened with the merlot this year.ย But, it looked great — Paul added vinozyme, and the juice was a lovely inky dark purple color. Then I got a […]
Today we pick up the Petite Sirah grapes from Chris van Alyea at his new digs up in San Marcos.ย Unfortunately, the grapes arrived later than expected, although it’s not too bad, Paul and I had a lot to do before we head up to get them.ย We spent about 4 hours racking the merlot […]