It's been almost a year to the day since my last post. My intention was to post more frequently about winery happenings, as there are many of them, but time has a habit of passing by while we're not paying attention, and so here it is one year later and I'm beginning again.
Probably the Thing of Greatest Import for the winery this year was our showing in the 2011 Indy International Wine Competition in August. We entered only one wine, our 2005 Norton. It is 100% Norton, from our own vineyard, and it slept in an American Oak barrel for 42 months prior to bottling in February 2011. We thought it was good, but it was nice to learn others thought so-- It garnered a Gold medal and Best of Class in the Norton category. We do have this wonderful wine for sale at Davenport Winery; sorry, no tastes or discounts on this one.
The 7th Annual Kaw Valley Farm Tour brought lots of new visitors to our winery for wagon rides through the vineyard, tours of the processing area and wine tasting. This year there were wine bus tours both days, and a chef from the Merc who prepared a wonderful warm roasted sweet potato/apple salad with maple syrup/balsamic vinaigrette, free samples for all! Farm Tour participants were able to choose from among 24 different farms this year, from the small boutique to the very large row crop operation. What a great opportunity!
Currently we're in between seasons. Harvest is over. This year's fermentations are almost done. We're mounding up dirt over the grafts on the vinifera vines to protect them from winter kill. Sometime in December, the pruning party will begin. Working the wine, bottling, and welcoming people to the tasting room goes on all year. Never a dull moment in the Davenport vineyard-- put on your hip waders and keep up with us on Facebook and Twitter or right here on FL.
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