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2013 was another great growing season, but 2014 and 2015 would not fare as well. After our fifth consecutive year of drought, in 2014,

We finally got back to normal growing weather in 2012. Many have proclaimed it the vintage of the decade, even though we are only

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

For the third time in 6 years, the Paloma Merlot made the Wine Spectator's Top 100. Out of over 18,000 wines tasted in 2008,

Sheldon finished building his home in late September, just in time to help with harvest. Finally, after two difficult years, we had a good

Again, we lost half the crop to shatter — two years in a row! We had a PV (photovoltaic) solar system placed on the

The Wine Spectator placed our wine in the top 100 again; the 2002 Paloma Merlot was 54th of over 12,000 wines tasted this year.

Our son Sheldon, who had been living in Canada for 35 years, joined our business in August, just in time for harvest. Fortunately, he

In December, we had the most snow we have ever seen on Spring Mountain. We got six-inches in a very short time. We had

Our Canadian grandchildren always visit in the summer and help around the vineyard, but this year our oldest grandson, Caston, 14 years old from

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