Harvest 2012 was SPECTACULAR!
This was a bumper crop year. Several rows of grapes were left on the vines due to lack of capacity.
From over 11,000 # of grapes, we produced over ten 60 gallon barrels of Shiraz, 750 liters of Pinot Gris, and 750 liters of White Dove (blend of Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris). The Tempranillo crop was small and resulted in only 70 bottles total, but very, very delicious.
Harvest 2013 - hopefully no future year will be as poor!
The
late freeze, two hail storms, and high winds brought extremely low
yields for the Red Wing Dove vineyard. The resulting harvest yielded
less one ton of Shiraz grapes and 1/2 ton of Pinot Gris and Pinot
Blanc. As all vineyards in Texas were similarly affected and some are
much worse off than us.
In
order to have wine available for our customers next year, we will need
to bring in grapes from California to sustain our business and keep
producing wine. We still have 10 barrels of last years Shiraz ready to
bottle also.
Harvest 2014 -
Coming up August 2, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris
August 8-9, Shiraz and Tempranillo
