Bradshaw Vineyards Harvests its 2009 Pinot Noir
Written by leslie // October 24, 2009 // Bradshaw Vineyards, News // No comments
It is with great pride that I present the initial overview of the Bradshaw Family’s 12th Harvest. Complete album available on Flickr here. Video overview on the “day of” at the bottom of the post.
History: It all started in the late 80s, when our family purchased property in Oregon. We vacationed there during the summer, camping out and scoping the land for our eventual vineyard plot. By 1993, our family (mom, dad, Jen, me) had all moved to Oregon and officially started scouting, prepping and eventually cultivating the land. Our first planting season was in 1996. The rest, as they say, is history.
Summary: This vintage we targeted lower yields to ensure higher quality. While others had challenges this year, our growing season was exceptional this year for our site.
Yield: 16.7 tons (which equates to approximately 12,024 bottles, or 60,104 glasses of wine)
(conversion: 1 ton = ~60 cases; 1 case = 12 bottles; 1 bottle = 5 pours)
Harvest Date: October 10, 2009
Location: Ferguson Road – Junction City, OR (Willamette Valley)
Total Tweets: 50+ (includes tweets from @BradshawPinot, @LeslieBradshaw, RTs from folks and support from @KingEstate, which is the winery that we sell our grapes to and work with to produce our wine)
Total Videos: 24
Total TwitPics: 20+
Pictured above: Mom and the pinot, lower pasture.
Pictured above: Dad tweets at King Estate, thanks truck driver John Annett for safely transporting our 16.7 tons.
