The Old Vine

The craziness of harvest is finally over.  Parting is such sweet sorrow, though its nice to be relieved of that stress.  And what a stressful vintage this has been!  The vines and grapes have done their jobs and now the yeast have practically completed their jobs in the winery as well.  Today we talked briefly [...]

I sat down with Marco DiGiulio this week and we talked about the weather. Not that we didn’t have anything else to talk about, but now that we’re well into the growing season, I wanted to hear his thoughts on how this year’s harvest is shaping up. Marco, what has happened so far this year [...]

The name of our Girard blog is called The Old Vine and much of our fruit comes from old vines, but what exactly is the significance of old vines? The definition of an old vine will vary depending on who you talk to and which varietal it is, but generally it refers to a grape [...]

It’s March. Spring is around the corner. We turned our clocks forward. And the vineyards should be pruned by now. This past week, I followed our winemaker, Zach Long, out to a vineyard close by to learn more about vineyards, pruning and growing grapes. It was such a beautiful location that I had to make [...]