Who says wineries don’t still foot stomp their grapes? Our Grenache fruit came in today from Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard, the last fruit of the season for Lumen! The berries looked beautiful, and after they went through the de-stemmer there was literally no free run juice – like three tons of sticky ball bearings. This…
With most of the Pinot Noir fruit in, both our 667 and 777 clones of Pinot Noir from Sierra Madre Vineyard have fermented and are now going into barrel! Lane is always the first to pick – which means our wines are also usually the first into barrel. This results in wines that are lower…
[vc_row show_full_width=”1″ padding_setting=”1″ desktop_padding=”no-padding”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lane Tanner, Angela Osborne, and Will Henry took a trip out to Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard to look at fruit for Lumen’s upcoming 2013 Grenache. This vineyard is near the town of Cuyama, far east of the town or Santa Maria and at an elevation over 3,000 feet – making it the…
The 2013 harvest began in Sierra Madre vineyard with the picking of Pinot Noir Clone 667 on September 4. Woohoo! As usual, Lane Tanner (winemaker and co-owner) was the first to pick in the area – it’s her style, and what you get is a wine that is naturally lower in alcohol but beautiful, graceful,…