The purpose of this Co-Op is to provide members with the opportunity to be involved in the wine making process from start to finish. You will be able to get as involved (or not) as you like. This website will have information on the grape harvest, crush, press, decision making, bottling and yes, tasting of the wine. This is meant to be a learning experience that's fun! We appreciate all comments and suggestions.

BOTTLING!

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 21:18 — ron
05/08/2010 12:00
America/Los Angeles

We will be bottling 1 barrel of '08 Syrah and 1 barrel of '08 Barbera.

Barrel Tasting

Fri, 12/11/2009 - 09:15 — ron
12/12/2009 15:00
America/Los Angeles
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Taste the 2008 and 2009 vintages still in the barrel

Kayla punching the cap!

Fri, 09/11/2009 - 14:46 — ron

Kayla punching down the cap of the 2009 Sangiovese
NOTE: This is supposed to be a video of Kayla punching down the cap. Unfortunately, I don't have video working on winewagon.com yet. Please check out my Facebook page for the video.

2009 Bray Vineyards Sangiovese

Thu, 09/10/2009 - 12:04 — ron
2009 Bray Sangiovese

Dave Hale and I picked up a half ton of Sangiovese from John Hoddy at Bray Vineyards yesterday (Wednesday). The grapes were picked on Tuesday and cold stored overnight. Wednesday morning they were crushed/destemmed by John's hard-working employees at Bray, while John, Dave and I watched intently (and shared a nice 6-pack of Fat Tire).
This morning, after cold soaking overnight, we were at 25 brix and 3.71 pH. The temp is 23C.
I added Lalvin RC 212 yeast, 100g DAP (to help with fermentation) and 100g Tartaric acid (to help compensate for the pH which is on the high side).

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