Brian Loring's Blog Archives

November 2006

She Said YES!

Posted: 01:53 PM ET, November 27, 2006

There are some striking differences between my current life as a winery owner and my previous life as a writer of military software. Aside from the obvious (better beverage selection), there’s a connection with the “end user” that was missing in my previous career. Read more

Pressing Into Action

Posted: 01:33 PM ET, November 21, 2006

This year we decided to buy a bigger wine press. Mostly because we’d increased production to the point where we just couldn’t get enough grapes pressed in a day using our old press, and partly because I didn’t want to hear “I think we're gonna need a bigger press” (to paraphrase a line from Jaws) another time. Read more

Here a Bin, There a Bin, Everywhere …

Posted: 10:14 AM ET, November 14, 2006

One of the essential pieces of winery gear is the picking bin. The industry standard here on the West Coast of the United States is the Macro 24-A-S, which holds about 1,000 pounds (a half-ton) of fruit, is very durable and stacks nicely. Stacking empty bins is the adult version of playing with LEGOs. Read more

Wondering About Whole-Cluster Fermentation

Posted: 10:21 AM ET, November 10, 2006

In a previous blog entry about optimal berry size, Michael Donohue made the following statements:

“One of the beauties of wine is that is the sole alcoholic beverage that occurs completely 'sui generis' - NO additional hops or distillation required. Read more

I Sing the Vineyard Biodynamic

Posted: 05:22 PM ET, November 06, 2006

Matt Kramer commented in a recent column that if you’re not sure which wine to buy, you can feel confident that you’ll be getting a good wine if the grapes were grown biodynamically. Last night I saw a wine list that noted which wines were biodynamic. Read more

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