Welcome back to the third installment of the story behind our 2014 Harvest. I guess technically, this would be the fourth post since back in August I discussed all logistics performed behind the scenes while Preparing for Harvest. Two weeks ago I posted about the exciting and busy time 24 hours before harvest and then last week…
The big day has arrived. Harvest 2014 is now upon us. It is hard to believe that our second vintage is already here. Additionally, we are excited with how our 2013 is coming along in barrel. We enjoyed a barrel sample the other night. The color has depened and the flavors and aromas of dark…
It’s that time of year, and this year it came early. Mother nature created a situation where the fruit ripened earlier than normal. In fact, in many areas it has been the earliest harvest in history. What does that mean? You’re guess is as good as mine. Some people say it will be a stellar…
As we approach crush for our second vintage, we have come across another issue that we did not think of ahead of time. (surprise, surprise) A situation that I honestly can say, as a wine consumer, I have never paid attention to. I have also asked some oenophile friends, and they too have never paid…
Here we are near the end of August and we are just waiting for the grapes to decide when they are done ripening. Although ahead of schedule from last year, we are only about fifty percent done. We are anticipating a late September harvest. But it is all up to the fruit and Mother Nature….
There it is ladies and gents. The first vintage of Dracaena Wines. 2013 Cabernet Franc. As you can see, we did some barrel sampling. It is amazing how there can be subtle differences between individual barrels. We have decided to rack on Sunday. This will get the wine off lees, aerate the wine, and we…
Here we are in NJ and we have entered “Spring” Apparently this year Spring means 40 degree differentials between a 48 hour period. On Tuesday, we were at 78 degrees. I had shorts and a t-shirt on and was enjoying the weather. Wednesday we had rain and a temperature drop to 50. Today we were…
