Winter 2020 Update

Ranch manager Severiano DeLoera and his small team started pruning on Monday, January 13.  Seve has found that a smaller group takes longer but can hit remarkable levels as far as quality and consistency are concerned.  They began with the simpler blocks – the older cordon trained vines.  It took them a week to make their way to the Brothers Vineyard, where the young, cane-trained vines require very precise work.  They are now finishing up in Brothers.  That will leave just the single acre of Sauvignon Blanc, which Seve always leaves until the last possible moment – it’s the only spot on the ranch where there’s a frost risk and late pruning will delay budbreak, protecting the vines for an additional couple of weeks.