Late last summer we drove out to the coast for the day, to visit our kids who were spending a week with friends. We all went out to lunch at one of the nicer restaurants in town, one known for its fresh seafood. I really wasn’t very hungry, so I ordered a Caesar salad with [...]

Saturday was a long day, pressing out three Syrah lots and then picking and crushing the rest of the Tempranillo. We decided to postpone harvesting the last ton of Syrah until next week, so right now we only have one fermentation going (the Tempranillo). The remaining Syrah lots are all dry, and they just need [...]

English version here. Una amiga me pidió esta receta en español, y como siempre estoy dispuesta a compartir recetas, aquí va. Espero que se entienda bien… Tarta de ricotta y arándanos Para la masa 1 tasa de harina 1/2 cucharadita de sal 1 cucharada de azúcar 80 gramos de mantequilla sin sal (fría) 3 cucharadas [...]

We made it through last week with some warm fermentations, but no real problems in the end. We pressed out two of the bins on Saturday morning to make room for the second round. Syrah takes on good color and extraction right away, so the lots have remarkable depth despite the short maceration. (In fact, [...]

Versión en español One of my tasks in preparing for the harvest is to clean out the second freezer, to make room for the giant plastic jugs of water that we use as ice cubes to cool down the fermentations. This year, one of the things I found tucked in the back was a round [...]

We knew this was going to be a late harvest based on the progress of the grapes over the summer, but I was still surprised by how long we had to wait. It seemed like the whole country was crushing, while we were just sitting around. It’s a bit nerve-racking to be doing nothing while [...]

Ed was recently in Cauquenes for the first time since the earthquake. He reports: I finally made the trip down to Cauquenes three weeks after the 8.8 earthquake on 27 Febuary. Cauquenes is about 50 kilometers from the epicenter. The town is still under military curfew, and the schools have not opened yet. Most of [...]