Artist Label Two in the works…

2016 Pinot Noir – Artist Series Two, Magnum

Artist: Kerrie Abbott-Phillips
Oregon White Oak, (Quercus garryana), Colored Pencil

These majestic, expansive trees are generally covered with as many as a hundred species of vibrant, lush mosses and lichens, providing rich, diverse habitats and food sources for numerous plants, insects, birds, and other creatures…

Clever bird!

Pablo adorned with the lovely Oregon blackberry.

Monmouth, Oregon: the odd couple, Goliath on the left and his pal Pablo.

Happy kids – this spring we had 5 doelings and one buckling.

Remember the story Ferdinand the Bull? On this day, Patches (the one buckling) was channeling Ferdinand…

You don’t see vines like this everyday. This is Bacchus Vineyard, Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1972.

Monmuth Oregon: Another very smoky summer in the Pacific Northwest.

When we first arrived to Oregon, Molly opined about seeing some bluebirds (they are on our label after all). The next day a pair of bluebirds arrived to the bird bath. This pair had two sets of young. It has to be a good omen when you have a flock of bluebirds sitting on the roof of your new home!

Most of the crew…

Lucky Little Lady

Really, nothing says autumn better...

We never get weary of the beauty.

Johnny Devona!

One very full cellar...

Yep, some of the best harvest help you can get!

Molly's favorite harvest task - growing up the yeast. Here are three types, each with their own characteristics, textures, aromas...

Look at this beautiful new version of our label - 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon on the bottling line. Release date: Fall 2019. 

Cabernet lees, opalescent like metallic ink.

John's lees-ey footprint.

Sending the happiest holiday wishes to all.

Spring Release 2016: Beautiful bread by the Walla Walla Bread Company and "grandpa onions", a staple in our spring garden.

Pressing fall leaves - color inspiration for our label.

Fall 2016: Pressing fall leaves - color inspiration for our label.

Pinot Noir drain down harvest of 2016.

Pressing Pinot Noir