Hello from Selene! Wow! It’s been a long hot summer, the kind of summer that grapes love. We have been busy with the 2008 Harvest, and now that Fall has arrived we are finally able to ship wine safely. So here is our offer for the 2005 Selene Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley. (90% Cabernet Sauvignon, […]
Continue readingNovember 8th, 2008 – Tasting
Mia Klein and Tracy Hall of Selene Wines will be at BarBersQ in Napa on Saturday night from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. BarBersQ is celebrating Stone Crab and Winery Week (November 5-9, 2008) featuring different wineries each evening. Winery owners and winemakers will be pouring by the glass and flights. Mia and Tracy are teamed up […]
Continue readingWild Turkey Feather
Normally I’m not a superstitious person, but when I found this wild turkey feather in the vineyard during a sampling trip last week, I picked it up and saved it. There are some wild turkeys that get into the vineyard and eat the grapes, but it is on the ends of the rows and luckily […]
Continue readingA Day Off?
Today we needed a day off. Mia is embroiled in a never ending search for the perfect motorcycle riding gear, so she took us to the BMW in Marin. We found some cool stuff there, including the F800ST that is Mia’s (new) dream bike. I got to choose our lunch spot. Picco’s. This was love […]
Continue readingSampling Dead Fred
We have been sampling Dead Fred a lot. We are still trying to figure out if there is any movement in sugars in certain rows or the 700 vine blocks Mia has set up for our sampling. This last Monday, the 29th of September we went to the vineyard separately and sampled both blocks. Rows […]
Continue readingSauvignon Blanc Yeast and Barrels
Today we have a lineup of all the Sauv Blanc lots to taste. Remember we are still following the Yeast Trials for flavors and development in Stainless Steel and 2 different French Oak barrels. The new yeast that we liked the best during fermention did pretty well. It really holds true to SB musque tropical […]
Continue readingBressler Vineyards Cabernet
Today we are out sampling Bressler Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. We were joined by our buddy, and experienced Sauvignon Blanc leafer, Chris Hendrix. As you can see the Bressler Cabernet fruit looks yummy. While I was walking down my row sampling I came across this birds nest. It was probably used earlier in the year. It […]
Continue readingWinemaker Refractometer
Today we are sampling Dead Fred Vineyard. We have separated the remaining vines in three blocks. Rows 1-14, Rows 15-25 and Rows 26-35. As you can see here, we already picked Rows 36 to 66, and the 5 rows of vines on the side. While we were there, we had a chance to watch the […]
Continue readingOut of Oak and into Steel
Today we are taking the Sauvignon Blanc (from the first pick at Hyde) out of all the French Oak barrels and putting it in Stainless Steel barrels. Mia likes it to come out of the Oak after fermentation. These are bull dogs. The juice in the barrels will be pushed out of the barrels by […]
Continue readingFall Equinox
As we leave summer and head into fall, this 2008 vintage is one of the few where I’ve been able to really enjoy one of my favorite times of the year. Varieties and locations prone to early ripening were all ready to pick in the latter half of August to the first half of September. […]
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