Purple Cow Vineyards

2011 Harvest Update

Thank god it's done!

And do you think we waited long enough?

This summer we have seen the coolest average temperatures in the last 75 years, added with the continual threat of rain which was determined to hinder the grapes from ripening, but we were one of the lucky ones in our typical Purple Cow style. Although we may need to use Just for Men hair dye to cover up the Grey hairs that set in waiting for the grapes to ripen.

Thanks to Jon’s painful wisdom of dropping half our fruit during the early months of the summer (which made us cry) we are excited and relieved to say that due to our Vineyard management and the long season of hang time we exceeded our expectations on the lab numbers and yields. We are looking forward to a great 2011 vintage.

- PCV Staff

New In The Winery...

There is a lot going on out here at PCV, which should not surprise any of you. It does mean that some of us(myself being one of the largest culprits) have been busy playing the fields and in the winery which means we (me) have neglected to keep all of you up to date on what we have been doing. The biggest news is that we are getting ready bottle Gabriela. In addition to the Gabriela we have two new wine variatals that we are hoping to bottle soon. So keep your eyes open for some new releases and more information here soon.

Brie

PCV This Spring

Well we are truly into spring here at PCV and well into the swing of things... planting, weeding, mowing (between rain showers of course) working on getting our offices back and of course there are some wonderful things going on in the winery this week.  With all of the excitement of the Astoria Seafood and Wine Festival, a broken coffee pot, on going construction and the wonderful weather we have sadly been neglecting keeping everyone updated on what we have been up to.

As some of you are aware we recently discovered that our offices were infested with black mold (fun) and have had to move out of them and into temporary housing while we remedy the situation. This has of course been a lot of work with some great friends and even more exciting tools that we don't get to use that often. According to our schedule we will be done this weekend (fingers crossed) and ready to focus on what we love most.... educating people about amazing wines.

Hope to see you all this weekend.

The PCV Staff

Tasting Room Opens For The Season

Well it is that time of year again.  The winery has been busy this winter and the grapes from 2010 are well on there way to being amazing wines.  The Vineyard is under control and we are looking forward to pruning and bud break. We have been catching up on paperwork and working on the website...

The only thing missing is time spent with old friends and meting new ones.  But we have an easy solution for that...

The tasting room will open for the season on Saturday February 12th at 11AM.  Come out and joins us for the start of a wonderful and exciting new year.

-PCV Staff-

 

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from all of us here at Purple Cow Vineyards.  Even thought the tasting room has been closed for almost a month we are sill keeping busy working in the winery and getting ready for an exciting year to come. Yesterday saw us filtering the 2008 Estate Tempranillo and the 2009 Marechal Foch in preparation for bottling in January. Have a safe holiday and a wonderful new year.