With the 2012 wines just put in barrel, there’s already controversy a foot up and down the West Coast. Since September, the wine industry (including…
Every year, as soon as we finish our grape harvest, La Cuadrilla shifts their attention to Olives. Olives can be picked anywhere from right now…
All year I’ve been writing about Stolpman Vineyards from my subjective point of view. So, just days after picking the second lot of Syrah for…
Since my first harvest upon returning to the Family in 2009, I’ve come to realize that every vintage has its own unique cycles of excitement,…
When I think of Californian Petite Syrah I picture dark color, lush fruit profile, and big boxy, borderline enormous structure. These words often describe the…
A few hours before dawn on Thursday morning, September 20th, La Cuadrilla removed the bird nets that draped over Rubens block. With excitement in the…
The 2012 Stolpman harvest kicked off Friday morning, September 7th around 2AM and picking lasted through dawn. The fifteen members of La Cuadrilla picked a…
The springtime provides a great opportunity to check out all of our viticultural experimentation as the bushy canopy has yet to block out all the…
The past two months, Stolpman’s vineyard manager Ruben Solorzano has been stressed over the lack of rainfall we’ve received thus far in 2012. A dry…