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This is is the newsletter of the the Epona Wine brand, making exquisite wine from resistant grapes in SW Washington State.
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Crush Underway
This vintage threw me a few curves, primarily the powdery mildew pressure was very high this year, so my source for spray free grapes fell through. Also I realized that bird netting needs to be part of the plan. This will give me the time to choose when to pick
Stunning Flavor, Stunning Beauty
Most of the grapes in our vineyard have ripened already, only Cayuga and one other are still hanging. The birds decided to help me share, first by removing the Labelle, then the Leon Millot, and Golubok. Monastery Muscat and Epicure then got hammered. This was no great loss since the
Harvest has Begun
We're on the cusp of two months of frenetic work. Between juice making and winemaking we'll see very little down time until the end of the harvest season. It has been an especially bad year for powdery mildew for the two no-spray vineyards we work
Vivezza Vineyard
I had the distinct pleasure of spending the day with Paul Troop of Vivezza Vineyard. I'm impressed with someone who can make delicious wine or grow vines well or graft grapevines or install a professional looking vineyard. They have done ALL of these things AND selected more than