There are some days that carry a bit more weight than others.  Not sure why in most cases, but the day of harvest makes it quite obvious.  We brought in just over 8 tons of terrific syrah from the Bradford Mountain vineyard.  Stunning stuff with classic syrah characteristics (dimpled berries, green rachis, plenty of acid and sugar). […]

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One truth about Syrah is that it is a late ripening varietal.  Harvest began for most other wineries (Mike’s included) in mid-August.  Most of the white wines and even some of the reds are already in barrel.  I was slightly jealous watching the crew at Michel Schlumberger go through the motions and fun of cellar […]

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Our buds Alex and Justin did a profile of us on www.discoverwinecountry.tv.  The soundtrack will be coming out soon.

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