Natural Wine

Sarah and the girls, along with Nonna are attempting to produce the first ever Carone Natural Wine. I was against it, being a complete skeptic. There is no such thing as making a natural wine (or organic wine for that matter). Nevertheless, I am guiding them through the process from what I have read on [...]

The naked vineyard

Heavy frost about two days ago, ending the season. Our vines are now completely bare. Pciking up the nets, pruning and getting the pinot noir and cabernet vines ready for winter. These vines are either protected with snow as they are laid to the ground, or we hill them up with soil. Clean-up operations begin [...]

Winter preparation begins

Began pruning Cabernet and getting the vines ready for winter. Leafs have fallen and the vines are once again bear, except the for occasional grape cluster which was missed by the pickers. Removing nets and tying them up for storage. It’s our first year doing so and find it to be a bit time consuming [...]

Frontenac Harvest 2010

Fontenac grape harvest resumes this morning. We are into our fourth day. We still have at least half the lot still hanging on the vines.I suspect these grapes will be super ripe and most likely used for our fuller bodied wines. The growing season has been wonderful and we are already clocking in 150 frost [...]

Pinot Noir Harvest (2010)

All the Pinot Noir is happily in tanks. And we are grateful. The weather in the last week has been very upsetting. Rain and more rain. We actually had to postpone the harvest for a few days, but then made a final and last push in the rain on Wednesday. We had no choice. Some [...]

The Carone Natural Wine Experiment

Sarah and the girls, along with Nona are attempting to produce the first ever Carone Natural Wine. I was against it, being a complete skeptic. There is no such thing as making a natural wine (or organic wine for that matter). Nevertheless, I am guiding them through the process from what I have read on [...]

Getting the vineyard ready for winter (October 17)

Began pruning Cabernet and getting the vines ready for winter. Leafs have fallen and the vines are once again bear, except the for occasional grape cluster which was missed by the pickers.

Nearly done with harvest 2010 (October 9)

Frontenac grape harvest resumes this morning. We are into our fourth day. We still have at least half the lot still hanging on the vines. I suspect these grapes will be super ripe and most likely used for our fuller bodied wines. The growing season has been wonderful and we are already clocking in 150 [...]

Harvest Update 2010 – Pinot Noir in tanks (Oct 1)

All the Pinot Noir is happily in tanks. And we are grateful. The weather this past week has been very upsetting. Rain and more rain. We actually had to postpone the harvest for a few days, but then made a final and last push in the rain on Wednesday. We had no choice. Some clusters [...]

Harvest Update (September 27)

We have been quite busy with the harvest. The grapes we use in our rose wine, Ortega, L’Acadie Blanc, Vandal Blanc, and Eona, came in at 20 Brix. The crop was wonderfully ripe, acids were in check and the flavour profile within our expectations. These grapes were de-stemmed, crushed and co-fermented on the skins. We [...]