Gary Babick

After the early morning pick, the grapes are loaded and hauled across the Cascade Mountains, where they are brought to our winery. The first step is the crushing and destemming  process. The white varietals are pressed right away and Reds go into fermentation bins where they a pressed and mashed for a week to 10 days. This is such a beautiful process; the fruit smell is incredible. Processing is a time-consuming and detail-oriented occasion, but it's here that true transformation happens!  

The time, patience and hard work that takes us from obtaining grapes, then pressing, then oaking isn't glamorous, but we do it with pride. Once the wine is stored away in the oak barrels, a year or two passes before we can begin bottling, labeling and then making the wine available to you, our Enjoyer!