The Cause Urban Winery OFFICIALLY has FOUR wines for sale at www.causeurbanwinery.com! Everything came together after LOTS of back and forth with my label designer and a rush to get labels printed before 2022 harvest. Magically (or rather, thanks to grit), I picked up three labels for my white, rosé, and second red wine on […]
Line-up of wines for sale! Read More »
For this post, I decided to write just a quick blurb about the last couple years and then do a #photodump. I am sorry that I have been silent for so long! I have been distracted with all the winemaking fun. Here is a quick bulleted overview of the last couple years: I finished making
A Lot Has Happened Since 2020… Read More »
In late June, I got a call from Mr. B. He asked if I wanted 2 TONS of grapes this year. I instantly replied, “YES!” Prior to that call, I worried that I would not get any grapes this year. So of course, I was psyched by any number he threw out. The next day,
Road to My 1st Commercial Vintage Read More »
Last weekend it finally happened. After all the hard work, the waiting, more work, and more waiting… my first wine is finally in bottles! After adding the oak spirals for one month, the wine had improved. It had much less astringency and greenness. The oak had done it’s job. It was finally time to bottle!
The First Finish Line Read More »
If you follow my Instagram, you may have seen relatively recent posts about the imminence of bottling. Well, bottling has been postponed for oak treatment. Why? Well, currently the wine is a little bitter and astringent. In other words, it has tannins that are just a little too harsh and need to soften. One could
Postponed Bottling, Let’s Talk About February’s Pruning Read More »
