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The day to day joys and trials of a small ultra-premium all vinifera vineyard and estate winery in historic Ripley, Ohio. The owners formerly owned Chehalem Valley Vineyards in Yamhill, Oregon. Looking for a new challenge, they sold that 40-acre Pinot Noir vineyard to Tony Soter in 1997.
East side, west side... all around the... vineyard...
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August... the leaves have been pulled off the fruit zone... thousands of them. You can see in these top two photos how the canes have been stripped and what's left ...
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First Ever Kinkead Ridge White Wine Vertical Tasting
Tonight we were thrilled to attend a Kinkead Ridge white wine vertical tasting at the home of David and Jan Lazarus. From their cellar, they opened a 2007/2006/2005/2004 Riesling; and ...
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Dancing in the Dark
So why is a car poking its nose into the winery with the headlights on? See the 1000 gallon tank in the photo? We were in the middle of bottling ...
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Bottle Shock
As regular readers of this blog may know, the 2007 Easter frost took out over 90% of the white wine. It was a "bottle shock" however to see how little ...
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It's Moving Day
It's Moving Day! Not us... the 2006 red wine. All the 2006 red wine in barrel since last October is being transferred to tanks for cold stabilization and blending. So ...
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Boulevard de la Madeleine... Nancy in Paris
On my recent trip to Paris and London (first REAL vacation in 8 years!) I was eager to visit the Boulevard de la Madeleine, the scene of the famous "Caves ...
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Decisions, decisions...
It's the time of year to start thinking about wine labels and packaging. Some of you may know we have a second label, called River Village Cellars, for what we ...
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What Do We Do in the Winter?
Ron is at the winery, filtering white wine. In between reading the "Judgment of Paris" about the 1976 wine competition in which American wines bested their French equivalents in a ...
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Kinkead Ridge Winery Celebrates Fifth Anniversary and Famous Whisky Fruitcake Dessert Recipe
The last post of 2007! The vineyard was planted in 1999; the winery was established in Ripley in 2002; and we just celebrated the winery's fifth anniversary. So, it was ...
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Ron expands the vineyard; how do the posts get in the ground anyway? And... the mouse that roared.
Ron ripped out the fence at the front of the vineyard, and has plans to expand the front section. After a day with the transit, and little bamboo stakes, the ...
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