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Last Fruit!

Today is a joyous day at the winery, to be celebrated with raucous cheers and a mammoth pizza: the last day of fruit receival.  People often confuse the last day of fruit with the mythical “end of harvest”, but rest assured this is not the case.  Although you may bring in the last of the [...]

Pinot Gris, Sauv Blanc, Gewurz All In

Harvest update!  The 2009 vintage is well underway despite an agonizingly slow/late start.  We’re now ramping up into some of our larger volume varietals and are trying to keep the influx of fruit into the winery at a steady, manageable pace. We have picked all of our Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gewurztraminer, and are [...]

First Fruit of 2009 Harvest

As announced on Twitter, the winner of the “first grape variety to be picked at Creekside in 2009″ goes to:  Pinot Gris.   Two separate blocks of Gris were harvested on October the 1st. We had a poll running for a couple of weeks to see if any intrepid guessers could nail down the right answer, [...]

Demi-Muids

With the release of the Undercurrent 2006 Headless Shiraz fast approaching (April 4th), it seems apropos to have a look at how it got the moniker “headless”. The 2006 vintage marked the first year that Creekside purchase a demi-muid barrel, a larger capacity vessels of about 620L compared to the standard French barrique of ~225L. [...]

Hand-Pick at Queenston Road Vineyard

Every once in a while we get an idea in our heads during the craziness of harvest that seems just too good to pass up. Despite being exhausted, incredibly busy and constantly moving, the Creekside crew just can’t seem to squash our experimental, insane desire to try new things and start new creative winemaking projects. [...]