Upcoming Events
and Work Days
Upcoming
Unless otherwise noted all work days start at
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Tuesday
September 25th
o Bottle Claret
o Bottle Harmony
o Bottle Trilogy?
o Bottle Chard??
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Wednesday
the 26th
o Pick up chard at The Dalles
o Process Chard (start time 12:30)
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Saturday
the 29th
o Bottle whatever didn’t get done on the
25th
Journal
– 2007 Calendar Year
September 17th
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Bottled Sam’s Cab and Hillside Merlot
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Crew: Pahl’s, Larson’s, Sandberg’s, Gary and
residents
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Hearty lunch by Ila, Pat and Joy-Gay
September 16th
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Destemmed Marechal Foch from Roger Brown’s vineyard
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Enjoyable visitors: Christie’s sister Vickie and
husband Jim, Roland, Maria and Dino
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Crew: Christie, Joy-Gay, Dave and Ed
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Thanks to Roxanne for providing lunch on her Doll
club day
September 11th
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Filtered Sam’s cab, Hillside Merlot and Trilogy
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Stage Party: Dave, Larry, Norm and Ed
September 6th
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Bottled 2006 Pinot Noir, Roxanne’s Vineyard (Dijon
Clone)
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Bottled 2006 Syrah, Sam’s Vineyard
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Bottled 2007 Vert Jus
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Great crew: Christi, Diane, Ila, Mary Kay, Pat,
Roxanne, Larry, Norm, Vinnie and Ed
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Thanks to Christi for main dish (south of the border
soup), to Mary Kay for appetizers, and to Norm and Pat for bread and dessert
Missing
entries…..secretarial deficiencies
May 19th
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Bottle Pommard and 2005 Pinotage
May 14th
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Rack Pommard
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Rack Dijon
May 10th
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Bottled Riesling and Ehrenfelser
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Racked Dolcetto and Duet
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Cleaned lots of incoming bottles (some with labels –
rats!)
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Cleaned refrigerator (Thanks Dave!)
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Crew: Ila, Joy-Gay, Roxanne, Becky, Dave, Gary,
Larry, Norm and Ed
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Lunch: On the green. Thanks to Ila for great soup
and
May 4th
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Filtered Riesling and Ehrenfelser
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Cleaned the “Poop Deck”
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Sorted and stored bottles
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Crew: Dave, Gary, Larry, Norm and Ed
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Lunch served by
February 23rd
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Bottled
o 2006 Ode to
Joy-Gay Rose
o 2006 Amazing
Grace
o 2005 Diane’s
Delight
o 2006 Pinot
Blanc Fuqua Vineyard
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Cleaned and stored carboys
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Crew: Christi, Ila, Pat, Roxanne, Larry, Tom, Norm, Ed
with a special welcome and thanks to
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Thanks to Ila for salad, Christi and
February 17th
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Test and adjust SO2 levels for Pinot Blanc (Fuqua),
Amazing Grace, and Rose of Pinot Noir
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Filter (cartridge and plate) above wines to 1 micron
(plate)
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Filter Chardonnay (
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Crew: Gary, Larry and Ed
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Many thanks to Ila for Chicken Bisque
February 10th
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Crew of 3:
o Tips and
ties remaining vines
o Cleans most
of vineyard floor
February 8th
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Bottle Pinot Gris
o Fuqua
Vineyard
o
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Crew: Ila, Roxanne, Norm, Larry and Ed
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New hot tub arrives to soothe resident winemakers
and guests
February 3rd
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Filter (plate to 1 micron) Pinot Gris
o Fuqua
o
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Rack Amazing Grace
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Crew: Larry and Ed
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Gary tests ML
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Other crew of 3 tips and ties 2/3rds of vineyard
February 1st
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Bottled Pinot Gris
o Roxanne’s
o Vista Grande
o 3 Vineyards
(70% Vista Grande, 23% Fuqua, and 7% Roxanne’s)
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Filtered remaining Pinot Gris and Fuqua Pinot Blanc
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Crew: Ila, Joy-Gay, Pat, Roxanne, Dave, Gary, Norm
and Ed
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Thanks to Joy-Gay and
January 29th
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Final filtering of Pinot Gris from Roxanne’s, Vista
Grande, and 3 Vineyards
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First filtering of Pinot Gris from Fuqua and Vista
Grande Reserve
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Crew: Gary, Larry, Norm and Ed
January 27th
o Continue
sorting and storing bottles (will pick up new hocks on Tuesday)
o Check and
top reds
January 26th
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SO2 tests on all Pinot Gris and Hillside chardonnay
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Add Vinepur for clarification
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Filter Pinot Gris (Roxanne’s and
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Lots of problems with both filter systems (plate and
cartridge) – maybe because of more solids in the Vinepur
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Tasted all four Pinot Gris choices:
o Fuqua
o Roxanne’s
o
o
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Concluded that we would bottle each separately (may
have some blended as 3 Vineyards)
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Crew: Dave, Gary, Larry, Norm and Ed
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Thanks to Joy-Gay for soup,
January 18th
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Racked all of the Pinot Gris:
o Fuqua
o Roxanne’s
o Vista Grande
1 (where we dropped fruit)
o Vista Grande
2
o Vista Grande
3 and 4 (end of season swap of wine for grapes)
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Crew: Larry, Norm and Ed
January 15th
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Gary delivered 18 cases of assorted bottles without
labels – a big help
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I continue to adjust the SO2 levels in all the reds
while topping
January 14th
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Prune vineyard (crew of four) and pull brush
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Very cold – slippery hill
January 8th
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Very cold weather forecast – maybe snow
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Continue to winterize
January 6th
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Hooray! Finally finished all of the racking. At one
point all of the small glass (up to 3 gallons) was in use.
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Thanks again to Dave Francisco for the extra
5-gallon carboys. They were challenging to clean, but essential.
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Completed the addition of ML to absolutely
everything (oak, steel and glass).
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Left lots of steel that still needs to be cleaned. Need
to empty unused glass outside before freeze hits next week.
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Seattle stumbles to victory over the Cowboys. Ho
Hum.
January 4th
and 5th
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Gary took samples from most of the reds and
conducted tests for ML.
o Sam’s Syrah
finished
o Everything
else still working (from little to 80% through)
o Curious that
barrels were inoculated at same time and held in same conditions but still vary
in results
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Organized inventory in bottle room to accommodate
barrels
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Adjust SO2 levels – particularly for barrels
finished with ML
December 31
and January 1
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Rack Hillside, Del Rio and Canoe Ridge Cabernets (26
gallons) into new Barrel Associates oak. Fill (4 gallons) with Del Rio Merlot
(and free up small Damy barrel).
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Rack Zinfandel, Sam’s Cab, and Pommard from partial
containers. Add 30 ppm of SO2 and hope for no damage.
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Clean and organize.
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