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FALL 2016
NEWSLETTER
Greetings from Diamond Mountain!
Fall is officially here! We had an early but excellent harvest on September 26th - see more details below along with other news and exciting happenings at Vineyard {511}.
Cheers,
Ed and Irene Ojdana
Proprietors, Vineyard {511}
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Veraison
July brought the beautiful colors of veraison, the onset of ripening when the grapes grow in size, their color changes from green to purple, and their hard berries soften as they gain sugars. |
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Harvest
Another mild winter contributed to an early harvest on September 26--two weeks earlier in the year than it was last year, when we thought we had had an early harvest. Both summers were warm, and we ended up harvesting at a 26 brix. Our vineyard management company, John Deer Farms, arrived at the vineyard at 5 am and worked away feverishly, but carefully, until around 9:30 am. They work tirelessly, and we really depend on them to do the great job that they do. |
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Calistoga's Third Annual Harvest Table
What do you feed 800 dinner guests? Luckily, 13 of Calistoga's restaurants shared the burden during Calistoga's 3rd Annual Harvest Table. This unique event saw white-linen-tablecloth-covered tables, decorated with lovely sunflowers, stretch all the way down Lincoln Avenue, which was closed to traffic. Some of the restaurants that participated were the Calistoga Inn, Brannan's, Johnny's, Checkers and the Culinary Institute of America. Volunteers manned wine stations selling wine provided by wineries from the Calistoga AVA.
Read more about the event here >> |
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Sun Valley Wine Auction
For the first time, Ed and I recently participated in the 35th Annual Sun Valley Wine Auction weekend, held in the mountains of beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho. The event, a fundraiser for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, brought in almost $1.4 million.
Read more about the event here >> |
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We will be pouring at the following events:
22nd Annual Cabernet for Connoisseurs
Sat, Feb 11, 2017
St Regis Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Premiere Napa Valley
Sat, Feb 25, 2017
Culinary Institute of America, St Helena, CA
Sorin's Wine Acadamy Dinner
Mon, Mar 20, 2017
Morris Inn, Notre Dame, IN
See most up-to-date list of events here >> |
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