March 24, 2009 3:33:17 PM EST
The Orange harvest is now underway with most whites being harvested now... The season has been a long one with rippening looking to be out to about 40-50days after veraison.
At Stockman's Ridge Wines Orange vineyard harvesting of the Pinot Gris was completed about 2 weeks ago and fermentation is underway. Our Sav Blanc came off Monday morning with harvesting started at about 2pm with great flavours and a nice level of acidity and looks to be an exciting year for the whites.
Our Red are still a few weeks await with Baume at about 11 for the Shiraz. We still have Cab Sav, Merlot, Cab Franc, Shiraz and Zin left... The zin is fu with Baume needing to get to 16-17 before we harvest!
Jonathan Hambrook,
Stockman's Ridge Wines