Out trusty Romanians are here seen tying the vines with strict instruction on what to tie to the fruiting wire and what to leave until after the danger of frost passes.

Winter pruning commences. A grueling month of removing last year’s canopy, selecting this year’s fruiting cane and spur (next year’s cane).

This is the month where the vineyard rests but there is plenty of work to be done in the winery plus lots of planning for the coming season. 

Temperatures for the last week have been sub-zero.  This photo shows a hoar frost enveloping the vines which lasted throughout the day.   Good news for killing any nasty mildew spores hanging around the vineyard.

Daniel is seen here siphoning samples from our barrels of the 2022 juice for us to taste.  These four oak barrels shown in the photo hold some of the cuvée and the taille (the second pressing) from both our chardonnay and pinot noir.