“It’s late September and I really should be back at school.”
The chardonnay have never looked better. 2017 is shaping up to be a great year, unless......
You are not paranoid, nature is trying to kill you! This is called the Hitchcock effect.
First day of fall and it's 92 degrees outside. Does mother nature not have a calendar? It's the equinox. Day and night are in balance. This is when the vineyards are nothing short of gorgeous. We will start to gradually pick some early varieties next week. This is like a bonus gift from nature. You don't get weather like this every year so it is best to take advantage of each warm day we get before harvesting. These extra days are the ones you will taste in the bottle. While the national news is dominated by one weather disaster after another, we are reminded why the Great Lakes are a great place to be. Most of the harvest will take place in October, not ending until the first week of November with the Cabernet Sauvignon. It's a beautiful time at the tasting room. We have introduced a new vintage of Stone Temple Pinot, 2015. It was the only gold medal Pinot Noir at the Michigan Wine Competition in July, just a few short weeks after we put it in the bottle. We also received a gold medal for our 2012 Reserve Merlot. We love our dry reds. Keith is putting the finishing touches on an incredible Port wine that has been three years in the making. Look for that around Thanksgiving. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We've worked so hard to get to this point we forget to take the time to appreciate the beauty all around us. The Zen of Karma Vista tells us to forget all the worries about the future and focus on the moment. Easier said than done. I could meditate, but I find it more important to have a glass or two of wine!