2012 was a new beginning. It was a culmination in a chain of life events that ultimately brought me to Santa Barbara County.
Wine wasn’t really a part of it, although it definitely added to the excitement
of the destination.
Among the myriad ways in which wine romances and symbolizes deeper
things, to me the cycle of the vine is chief among them. There are new
beginnings, struggles and challenges throughout a vintage. Crazy important
decisions are made at crucial junctures. Mistakes are sometimes made and hard lessons
are learned. Ultimately the cycle ends, people commemorate, and fruits of the labor move on to a
whole new set of trials.
So with these things in mind, I’m commemorating my first
year living near all things vineyard and wine. I've compiled photos taken
throughout the vintage. Please enjoy!
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| Stolpman Vineyard, Ballard Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley- January |
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| Rusack Vineyard, Ballard Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley- January |
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| El Jalabi Vineyard at Alma Rosa, Sta. Rita Hills- February |
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| Bud break at Clos Pepe Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills- April |
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| Evening Land Vineyard entrance, Sweeney Canyon Rd, Sta. Rita Hills- May |
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| Spring in the Santa Ynez Valley- May |
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| Flowering Chardonnay at Rita's Crown Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills- May |
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| Checking on Bratcher Chardonnay at Rita's Crown Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills- May |
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| Fruit set (Pinot Noir) at Bent Rock Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills- June |
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| Bent Rock Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills- June |
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| Smith Madrone Vineyard, Napa Valley- early July |
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| Cab Sauv at Kronos Vineyard, Napa Valley- early July |
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| Zinfandel at Ridge Lytton Springs, Dry Creek Valley- early July |
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| Pinot Noir in veraison, Melville Vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills- late July |
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| Pinot Noir in veraison, Santa Maria Valley- late July |
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| Lynn Penner-Ash, pruning "shoulders" off the Pinot Noir clusters, Willakenzie, Willamette Valley- August |
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| Sunset overlooking the Willamette Valley, Willakenzie- August |
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| Westside Paso Robles, Terry Hoage Vineyard- early September |
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| Ripening Chardonnay, Cambria in Santa Maria Valley- September |
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| Ripening Pinot Noir, Cambria in Santa Maria Valley- September |
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| Harvesting Pinot Noir at Clos Pepe- September |
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The crew at Clos Pepe harvesting Pinot Noir for Arcadian Winery
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