— THE JOURNAL —
Blocks 3a and 3b by Machine, September 2026
We machine harvested Blocks 3a and 3b on September 9, 2026, and kept some fruit at the ranch for our first in-house sparkling wine.
Block Samples Five Days Before Harvest 2026
On August 26, 2026, our six blocks sampled between 20.1 and 21.5 Brix, five days before the first pick.
A Saturday Pick and a Harvester at Dawn
We hand picked about 9.2 tons from four blocks on Saturday, September 6, 2025, and a Pellenc harvester worked the rows at dawn.
Rosé from Block 1B, Picked Early
The fruit for our 2025 Rogue Valley Rosé came off Block 1B by hand on September 1 and 2, 2025, at 21.6 Brix.
Hand Picking Block 1A for the 2024 Estate
We hand picked Block 1A on September 13, 2024, for our 2024 Estate Pinot Noir.
Picking the Enchanté Fruit Before Sunrise
We hand picked Block 1A Pommard by headlamp on August 27, 2024, for Enchanté, our first sparkling wine.
The Last Night Pick of 2023
We finished harvest 2023 with a night pick on October 7; the fruit went into our 2023 Rogue Valley Pinot Noir.
Picking by Work Lights, September 2023
Our photos from September 18, 2023 show a hand pick by work lights that began before 4:19 a.m.
Picking Block One, September 2021
We picked the fruit for our 2021 Pinot Noir, Block One, on September 10 and 11, 2021, at 23.4 Brix.