All Things Growing, Fermenting & Making Wine
On Permaculture and Closing the Loop
By Brooke Taylor
This blog post is written by our newest team member: Brooke Taylor. Brooke is our Assistant Winemak...
What is Piquette?
Piquette is a wine-like thing. The French claim it, but like many basic, but tasty things, it probably had many orig...
September WOTM: Picking Decisions
By Mackenzie Bisbois
Grape Sampling and Gewürztraminer
Choosing to pick is one of the most critical decisions in wine...
Pinot Noir: The Heartbreak Grape
By: Mackenzie Brisbois
Pinot Noir is often called the heartbreak grape. The wines can cost a small fortune and are so...
Soils: The Dirt on Wine
By: Mackenzie Brisbois
Finally hoping I might dish some salacious materials about wines? Guess again! I’m just going ...
Ageing Orange Wines
How old is too old with orange wine? Although Orange Wine production is a wine style that has been around forever, we...
Yeast and Creaminess (In Sparkling)
By: Mackenzie Brisbois
Where is yeast heaven?
If I were a yeast I would head straight for the bottle of champagne and...
In Praise of the Versatility of Riesling
By: Mackenzie Brisbois, Alex Sproll
If you cut a sommelier they will bleed Riesling. That is to say they really like ...
Cover Crops
With the conversion of our vineyard from a hilling-up vineyard to a geotextile vineyard, we began planting cover crop...
April WOTM: Who Put Forest Floor In My Glass?
By: Mackenzie Brisbois
Where do all those tastes and aromas come from?
Who put forest floor in my glass?
In Jamie Go...
March WOTM: Oxygen
By Mackenzie Brisbois
Oxygen is complicated. It can help, hinder, destroy, build!
To simplify, let’s look at three ma...
February WOTM: Malolactic Fermentation
By: Mackenzie Brisbois
Often called malo or MLF for short, malolactic fermentation is an optional technique employed...