merlot Tag

Even though we had lots of smoke from the Shasta and Mendocino fires, the temperatures were moderate, so the berries were plump and beautiful,

In the winter of 2016/2017, we removed about 550 aging Merlot vines and replaced them with Cabernet Franc vines, a favorite varietal of Sheldon's.

2010 was the first of two challenging years for farming and winemaking. It was unusually cool, which made getting the fruit as ripe as