Where do all the stems, seeds and grape skins go?

Posted by Pat
I always love this time of year. In the middle of crush, the smells of harvest are everywhere. The winery is full of wines fermenting in tanks, barrels and plastic open top fermentors.
One thing that many people wonder about is what happens to the grape by-products that are not used in making the [...]

One down, many more to go.

Posted by Marco
We’ll be wrapping up the sauvignon blanc harvest this week. The quality looks really nice and to everyone’s surprise, the yields haven’t been quite as low as we all originally feared. While the spring frosts did have some effect, it was not dramatic for Sauvignon Blanc.
The same may not be the case for [...]