It's harvest time at White Salmon Vineyard. It's early again this year, the grapes are looking beautiful, and the specs are excellent. The harvest crew is awesome with special assistance from Swanee, Conrad's Rhodesian Ridgeback. And what a fun evening we will all have on Friday, September 23rd. It's JAZZ at the tasting room with [...]
Pinot Noir Pinot Noir grows best in poor soil where the plant produces a small crop. WSV's Pinot Noir grows in a light, red, volcanic soil filled with rocks - many, many rocks. A 5.5 foot wall, often more than four feet thick diving the vineyards is but one accumulation of rock. The poor soil [...]
Award winning wine requires award winning grapes. Chardonnay Selected clones of French Chardonnay were planted with clonal selections acquired by Peter Brehm over his 36 years of working with the West's finest vineyards. And so is it in the Pinot Noir planting of White Salmon Vineyard. An mélange of clones dominated by #115, followed [...]
