Hilliard Bruce Pinot noir in Vertical, sequel to Sideways

2008 Hilliard Bruce Moon Pinot noir has threesome with Miles and Laura.

First Review of Hilliard Bruce Pinot noir 11/2010

First Review from International Wine Cellar November 2010:

2008 Hilliard Bruce Moon Pinot noir: Vivid ruby. A heady, seductively perfumed bouquet displays red and dark berries, potpourri and spicy oak, with notes of minerals and musky herbs adding complexity. Smooth, fleshy raspberry and cherry-cola flavors pick up an exotic Asian spice quality in the mid-palate and are very sharply defined. Fine-grained tannins add grip to the long, sappy, subtly smoky finish. Paul Lato is the consulting winemaker here.

Back vineyards contain Chardonnay and Pinot noir

We planted the back vineyards last, and included 4.5 acres of Calera Pinot noir, and a couple of acres of 828, plus Chardonnay 76 and 96.

Is it wrong to love a compost building?

Blower system injecting air under the compost building.

Compost Building

The new compost building is fundamental to our Certified Sustainable vineyard. Using the manure from 20 Arabian horses who live on the ranch, we create compost in 30 days without turning the pile using an automatic blower system piped under the building.

The entire compost requirements of the vineyard can be provided by the ranch.

New Reservoir Defeats Frost

Reservoir completed in July holds over one million cubic feet of water prevents Jack Frost from defeating our grape efforts. We can spray water over the entire 21 acres of vineyard raising the temperature above freezing for an unlimited amount of time.

New pump building

Pump building competed housing frost protection pump and drip irrigation pumps.