2020: Peak anxiety, smaller quantity, beautiful quality
All’s well that ends well.
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Like a found bill
Recovering a little more wine from the barrel after bottling, when the cellar is quiet.
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Our most frequent task
Wine aging in barrel needs more attention than you might think.
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How much whole cluster we like
Just enough.
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What we mean by ‘a balanced vine’
This is the big fruit dropping pass at the beginning of veraison. You can see there’s some fruit on the ground, but you never want to pay attention to that, because you’ll start freaking out…
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Tasting every barrel
This is the first time I’m looking at all these barrels on an individual basis…
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Big Adventures in a Small Vineyard
Leasing Walker Station opens an exciting new chapter for Kanzler Family Vineyards. Specifically, it gives us the opportunity to introduce two new vineyard designate wines: Walker Station Pinot Noir and Walker Station Chardonnay.
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Bottling: A Sprint to the Finish Line
The production timeline for making wine is very long compared to most food and beverage standards. It’s rare that it takes 15 months for a consumable to go from raw ingredient (grapes) to finished product (a bottle of wine). The final chapter in this long story is Bottling Day.
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Rosé all Day! by Alex Kanzler
Modeled after the dry, crisp, refreshing style of Rosé from Southern France and eschewing the sweet, cloying and monotone Rosés common on many store shelves, Kanzler Family Vineyards Rosé of Pinot Noir is a truly enjoyable wine with ample nuance, complexity and depth.
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Pins and Needles
As a winemaker, sending wines out for critical review is a bit like finishing a big test or waiting for final grades in college. It’s a bit exciting, a bit nerve-wracking. You have a “feeling” about how you did; but are not at-ease until the scores are finally posted.
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