VINTAGE 2014
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Heat Spikes Hinder Bloom at Tinaquaic Vineyard

 Flowering & Fruit Set
 Bill Wathen, Dick Doré, drought, dry farming, featured, Foxen, Tinaquaic, videos

Bill Wathen takes us on another walk up to Tinaquaic Vineyard to see how things are progressing after a severe heat spike during bloom. Dick Doré joins us, talking about the economics surrounding dry farming.

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LEAF LOVE: Grenache Blanc

 Flowering & Fruit Set
 art, featured, leaves
Grenache Blanc Cropped

As a printmaker, Karen Gearhart-Jensen is compelled to look at the texture and pattern of an object that catches her eye. Her enjoyment and growing fascination with the process of winemaking lead her to explore the ever-so-humble grape leaf.

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UP CLOSE: Bloom

 Flowering & Fruit Set
 featured, fruit, photos, vines
wine grape flowering

Shortly after the grape cluster appears and grows a bit larger, which takes anywhere from three to eight weeks, tiny fragrant flowers appear all over it. This very important phase in viticulture is called “bloom.” Continue reading →

INSIDE THE VINE : Wine Grape Cluster

 Bud Break
 featured, fruit, photos
wine grape cluster cross section

The immature Pinot Noir cluster emerges from the bud. “Pinot” refers to the pine cone shaped cluster seen here.

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Preparing for a Drought Year

 Bud Break
 Bill Wathen, drought, dry farming, featured, Foxen, Tinaquaic, videos

As the grape growing season kicks off, Winemaker & Viticulturist Bill Wathen takes us up to his Tinaquaic Vineyard, one of the only dry farmed vineyards in Santa Barbara County.

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UP CLOSE: Bud Break – The Bud Emerges

 Bud Break
 featured, photos, vines
wine grape cluster

This photograph depicts the bud at the very beginning of bud break, when the first leaves enclosing the tiny bud have just begun to unfurl. The fuzzy leaves help to protect the fragile immature cluster from frost and disease.

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INSIDE THE VINE: Emerging Buds

 Bud Break
 featured, photos, vines
wine grape bud cross section

After the growing season has ended and the vines are bare and dormant, they need to be carefully pruned in order to sustain the life of the vine and ensure the production of another harvest.

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Karen Steinwachs: Buttonwood Farm Vineyard & Winery

 Bud Break
 Buttonwood, featured, interviews, Karen Steinwachs
karen steinwachs interview

Karen Steinwachs, winemaker at Buttonwood Farm Vineyard & Winery, speaks candidly about her winemaking philosophy and what it’s like being a female winemaker in Santa Barbara County.

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Steve Pepe on Frost, Farming and Running a Small Vineyard

 Bud Break
 business, Clos Pepe, featured, frost, videos
steve pepe clos pepe vineyard

Steve Pepe, owner of Clos Pepe Vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA of Santa Barbara County, talks about transitioning into life as a wine farmer.

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INSIDE THE VINE: Spurs and Canes

 Dormancy
 featured, photos, vines
wine grape vine spurs

While enjoying your scenic drive through wine country at the peak of grape growing season, you may only notice the full leaves and the beautiful fruit on the vines. But when the vines go dormant, their basic anatomy is revealed to the interested onlooker.

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VINTAGE 2014

A multimedia collaboration set in Santa Barbara County, California during the 2014 wine grape growing season.

This crowd-funded project brings together visual artists, musicians, writers and wine farmers to document the 2014 vintage from a viticulture perspective.

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