More rainbows and fall weather. Harvest is over…except olives and walnuts. October is an amazing month in NorthernCA

Nature is amazing. Sierra thunder storm

New release! Our flagship red blend called “The Boss” now has a fresh bitcoin edition label. To go along with our new label is our new Bitcoin only website: www.bitcoinvintner.com Buy wine join our WineClub…tell a friend and Cheers!

Stay humble, stack sats, enjoy life

Last fermentation of the year. Wild yeast fermented Mourvèdre from our estate vineyard. This vineyard is 5 years old and has never been sprayed. And now with our sheep flock doing all the weed control. The only time a tractor entered this vineyard was for harvest. Yes, a single tractor pass the whole year!

Good evening

Petit Verdot and Mourvèdre pick scheduled for later this week. The fall weather is here and slowing the ripening a bit. The end of harvest is in sight

GM. . . Wine tank pump over. #mesmerizing #fermentation #good juice

Pump over time. Petite sirah at the peak of fermentation. We pump over the juice from below the “cap” to irrigate the wine over the top to make sure everything stays wet and fermenting evenly. This also allows for a little bit of oxygen and some of the fermentation heat to be blown off to help keep things cool.

Prune harvest is underway.

GM….Cab Franc for your wake up call. You are looking at a current temperature of 59 degrees and today is going to be clear and sunny with a high of 88 degrees.

Always fresher at night. We even had a brief thunder storm with some wild lightning, just enough ran to knock the dust down, great way to welcome in September. #herecomesfall

Next generation of grape stompers in action. The Turkovich girls are showing their city boys cousins how work gets done at the winery. #family #kidsworking #farmlife

GM

How do you know if you are on the right track in life?…sometimes there are signs

Labor continues to get harder to find and more expensive. Over the last few years we have moved from 100% hand harvesting our grapes to now we are 90% mechanical harvesting. The machines today are surprisingly gentle on the vines and the fruit. And we are able to get the grapes to the winery much quicker so the fruit is colder and we get a better cold soak prior to the fermentation starting. #nostrag #harvest #farmmachines

Hill side Cabernet Sauvignon hand picked today. This will keep us busy for the day. Mild weather has been amazing and much appreciated.

Syrah picked loaded. Winery here we come

Farmer tip of the day. Welding with crappie gloves has consequences

So sad, and obviously corrupt.

Proposed Congressional Map | California State Assembly

Spend a little time and take a look. I got involved in the redistricting last time around and it shocked me. It was the most openly corrupt process I have witnessed in local politics. Looking at these maps you don’t have to be particularly partisan to see this is gerrymandering. Some obvious issues, take a look at district 02. And well as Paso Robles. As well as the district I’m in, 04. Yuba City to Santa Rosa. We might as well be in different states.