Tag Archives: Harvest

Final Harvest Report from Dean

This week Dean Underwood, our vineyard manager here at Olsen has his final report on the harvest. It’s a great read for anyone interested in the rewards and challenges of running a winery from year to year. If anything, the old saying holds true, even in our advanced scientific era, “you can’t control mother nature.” [...]

October 23rd Harvest Report From Dean Underwood

Last week, we heard from Bill Kremer, Olsen Family Vineyard’s wine maker. This week, Dean Underwood, our vineyard manager weighs in. In addition, check out Olsen’s new “harvesting machine.” We are testing this new machine this year, and will ask Dean to give us all the details. Personally, I think it looks like something out [...]

October 14th Harvest Report from Bill Kremer

Bill Kremer, Olsen Family Vineyard’s expert wine maker gives us his take on the harvest so far: The harvest began on October 1, 2008 with both Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir harvesting. The PG came from the NW section of our vineyards ZigZag and East section of Entropy block 3, both were 146 clones. The [...]

It’s Harvest Time in the Valley

It’s fall in the valley and, it’s harvest time.  The grapes are plump on the vine and ready to pick.  Join the Olsen Family and friends as we catalogue the harvest from the picking, to the crush, to the bottling and beyond.  The grape harvest is one of the most exciting times of the year for us, [...]