January 10, 2011
All of our recently released 2009 Stomping Girl Pinot Noirs medaled out of over 5000 wines entered in the latest San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Woot! Here’s the breakdown:
2009 Stomping Girl Lauterbach Hill, Russian River Valley, Silver Medal
2009 Stomping Girl Corona Creek, Sonoma Coast, Bronze Medal
2009 Stomping Girl Beresini Vineyard, Carneros, Bronze Medal
December 13, 2010
Got any photos of Stomping Girl to share? Post on our facebook wall, we’d love to see them. Best photo wins a prize! Here’s one from a friend who enjoyed Stomping Girl at Lake Tahoe:
Stomping Girl At Tahoe
November 23, 2010
We released our 2009 Pinots before the holidays this year for you to enjoy at the holiday dinner table and to be able to give as a gift. They are young but very drinkable now, if you don’t want to wait. If you happen to drink them side by side, here’s the order in which we recommend you enjoy them:
1) Lauterbach Hill, RRV–a delicate, lighter-bodied, food-friendly Pinot that pleases the palate with bright cherry and strawberry notes
2) Beresini Vineyard, Carneros–an elegant, medium-bodied, deep garnet-colored Pinot perfumed with cherry and a bit of spice
3) Corona Creek, Sonoma Coast–a fuller-bodied Pinot displaying darker fruit and a hint of roasting coffee and chocolate
Drink now or put in the cellar to enjoy a few years down the road.
November 8, 2010
We had a great time pouring the new 2009 Stomping Girl release at the Berkeley Crush Festival yesterday.
November 3, 2010
Announcing our New Release now available on our website:
2009 Stomping Girl Pinot Noir, Beresini Vineyard, Carneros
2009 Stomping Girl Pinot Noir, Lauterbach Hill, Russian River Valley
2009 Stomping Girl Pinot Noir, Corona Creek, Sonoma Coast
Thankfully, it is ready just in time for Turkey Day because what goes better with that bird than Pinot Noir? And we’re not just saying that because we make Pinot–it’s a tried and true, classic combination. Good old American Pinot with a good old American bird. So why not give Stomping Girl a try with your turkey this year?
Because we want to offer first dibs to our mailing customers, this wine is not yet available in restaurants or retail stores. It is only available on our website–which is newly designed, by the way, check it out.
If you want to ensure your wine arrives in time for Thanksgiving, be sure to place your order by November 17.
If you’re local, or will be in town visiting, then order on the website and choose to pick it up at the winery–no shipping charges!
Order a case of one wine or make it fun and mix and match 12 bottles–either way you automatically get 10% off. No coupon required.
October 16, 2010
After a 4 day cold soak and 10 day fermentation (14 days total on the skins,) we pressed the Beresini Vineyard Pinot Noir. We did one bin native yeast fermentation and one we inoculated with RC212. We were so happy with the native yeast results that we decided to go all the way native with our last lot of Pinot–Corona Creek. Early next week we’ll press the Lauterbach Vineyard and Corona Creek Vineyard Pinots.
October 6, 2010
October 1, 2010
After much anticipation, we had our first harvest on 9/30. We picked 1.25 tons of Beresini Pinot Noir and proceeded to our first crush. That is the lowest yield we’ve ever got from this one acre.
September 23, 2010
I remember these feelings 9 1/2 years ago awaiting the arrival of our 2 week late baby son. Trying to enjoy the lull in activity, the quiet before the storm; trying to savor a normal, sane schedule and a well-rested body which we know all comes to an end upon arrival of a baby…or the equivalent in the world of winemaking: HARVEST. But I can’t. I am done preparing and am now just getting antsy. I see winemaker friends around us already harvesting, crushing, punching and fermenting and I am ready for my fun to begin! But alas, our cool summer has made for a late harvest and we are still waiting for the sugar levels in the grapes to get where they need to be. Our grower is sending an update today and we’ll make a trip up there Saturday to confirm our hopes for a September 27 harvest…and one after that…and one after that.
September 7, 2010
Beresini Pinot Aug 28
As harvest approaches, we are taking twice weekly Brix measurements of Bersini vineyard in Carneros–typically, our first vineyard picked. On August 28, it was at 20.2 Brix. On September 5, 21.4. We picked on September 14 last year but due to the general coolness of this summer, the vineyard is about 1 degree and 1 week behind where it was last year at this time. While the warm weather we’ve had these last two weeks might speed things up a bit, it is still hard to tell.
Last year, Beresini had a smaller than expected yield from our rows and it looks like we may find ourselves in the same situation again this year. Smaller yields typically mean better, more intensely flavored wines…but it also means less of it.
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