Kinkead Ridge and Harmony Hill Square Dance For You!
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Recent Posts
- East side, west side... all around the... vineyard...
- First Ever Kinkead Ridge White Wine Vertical Tasting
- Dancing in the Dark
- Bottle Shock
- It's Moving Day
- Boulevard de la Madeleine... Nancy in Paris
- Decisions, decisions...
- What Do We Do in the Winter?
- Kinkead Ridge Winery Celebrates Fifth Anniversary and Famous Whisky Fruitcake Dessert Recipe
- Ron expands the vineyard; how do the posts get in the ground anyway? And... the mouse that roared.
Wine Blogs
- Gary Vaynerchuk Wine Library TV
- Too Many Good Wines, Not Enough Time
- Dan McGraw's Blog, southern Ohio
- Restaurant and culinary scene in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
- The Naked Vine
- Wine Rendezvous
- Nick Anthony, NickOnWine, Akron Ohio
- Jim Gordon's Wine Blog
- My Wine Education
- Wine Blog, Dayton Daily News
Harvest
- Vintage Report 2007An early bud break meant an early harvest; we were finished by mid-October. Sadly, it also meant several days of 80 degree weather, shoots four inches long, and then an Easter freeze which plunged the vineyard to 28 degrees. All the white wine was affected, to a tragic degree. There will be very little Viognier/Roussanne, little Riesling, and it may not even be worth bottling the Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon blend. Syrah was also heavily affected. The good news is the long dry ripening season was outstanding for Cabernet; small berries, high sugars. These wines will be reminiscent of Calistoga, higher in alcohol than our general practice.
- Vintage Report 2006As this is written (January 2007), I've had the opportunity to both reflect on the vintage past and taste the wines as they have begun to develop. Going into harvest season, the vineyard was in excellent condition. Crop load and canopy management was on target. Weather deteriorated in mid-September and some of the harvest conditions were as difficult as I've ever experienced. October in particular was troublesome as cold temperatures and excessive rainfall limited maturities. Despite the above, white wines are turning out surprisingly well. Red wines, however, are questionable and many may end up as second label when released in 2008. So far we have had a mild winter and I look forward to a spring with little winter damage and overall good growing conditions in 2007.
- Vintage Report 20052005 in the vineyard was a vintage of extremes. Unlike 2004 where moisture, heat and humidity were well distributed, it seemed like the heat and humidity would never end. Rainfall came either not at all or in a deluge. Fortunately, harvest turned out mostly dry with only the Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot caught by rain at the end of October. In the winery, most of the fruit came in low in acid and high in sugar. Adjustments were made and fermentations, though quirky, finished well. Overall, the wines show good promise, and for some, 2005 may prove to be the best vintage yet.
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