Crush/Harvest Update 3 - October 12 - 14 Weekend

It's been a busy week at Chinook Wines. We've been crushing and
pressing grapes practically everyday this week: Semillon and
Chardonnay. The fruit is coming in beautiful with the right combo of
brix (sugar levels) and acids. And the weather has been gorgeous! The
only exception was this morning. We had to crush grapes in a steady
drizzle of rain. This always makes me a bit cranky, but the upside is I get really focused on my work.
Then surpise, surprise.... the sun came out full force after
lunch and it's been very pleasant and sunny all afternoon here in
Prosser. I just came back from a nice relaxing walk through the
vineyards and I'm watching the sunset across the Horseheaven Hills.
It's really gorgeous this time of year. I wish I could capture in photos what I see with my naked eye, but there's no way to capture it. You just need to experience it for yourself.

This weekend's forecast looks good partly sunny. We are crushing more
Chardonnay tomorrow and possibly picking the estate Cab Franc this
weekend. IF we don't pick the estate cab franc, we will likely bring
in cab franc from one of the vineyards and there will be some activity
of one kind or another.

Send me a note if you'd like to join us this weekend. There's always
room here at the "crashpad" for volunteers.

Cheers!
Alice

"will work for wine"