Harvest Reports
On October 20, 2010, we harvested 1575#
of pinot noir. The smaller harvest was due to pruning
decisions made in the winter and to birds. We intentionally
pruned to carry a smaller crop to help increase the strength
of the vines. We did not intend for birds (mostly starlings)
to harvest about 30% of our crop for us. It was a very bad
year for bird damage and we were fortunate that we had
netted 70% of our crop. This harvest will result in only two
barrels of wine or about 50 cases. We harvested 800# of
Pinot Gris the next day. All fruit was in excellent
condition and should make more fine wine.
On October 8, 2009
we
harvested 2,640 lbs of Pinot Noir fruit. On October 11,
2009, 730 pounds of Pinot Gris fruit was harvested. Both harvest days were
sunny and beautiful. Harvest was accomplished with the help
of 12 hardworking friends.
On October 14, 2008 we harvested 2,375
lbs of Pinot Noir fruit. No rain this year. It was sunny and
beautiful. Again, we enjoyed the help of friends and
neighbors. 604 pounds of Pinot Gris fruit was harvested on
October 19, 2008. The 2008 Pinot Gris was released over
Memorial Day Weekend 2010. The Pinot Noir will remain in
barrel until the fall of 2009. Assuming the wine cooperates,
the 2008 vintage of our pinot noir will be released over
Memorial Day weekend in 2009.
September 29, 2007, was our first small
harvest of Pinot Noir, totaling 1224 lbs of fruit. Our
harvest morning was both rainy and sunny, with some
beautiful clouds thrown in the mix – very much a typical
Oregon day. We enlisted the help of friends and neighbors
and were done within a couple of hours. |
Our 2007 Garden Shed Red Pinot Noir was released over
Memorial Day weekend, 2009. A very small bottling of the
Pinot Gris, 400 lbs of fruit picked on September 28, 2007,
was made for personal consumption only and was a very tasty
and fruity first vintage.
On October 24, 2011, we harvested
3100# of pinot noir. With the help of 19 friends, the
harvest took less than two hours. Once again, we chose
a beautiful, sunny Fall day. After a very slow start
to the year, the fruit almost caught up with the previous
year. We had netted everything and had very little
bird damage.
Our Pinot Gris was slower to mature and we did not
harvest until November 2. We brought in 808#, which we
hope will make close to 30 cases. If the wine turns
out as good as the previous three years, this will again
sell out in the first month after release.
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