2009 harvest winemakers' blog

Harvesting Pinot Noir (and Telling Ghost Stories)

The Dragonette Pinot Noir is in the fermentors; how it was crushed may still be a mystery
Posted: Oct 5, 2009 11:00am ET
By Peter Cargasacchi

Peter Cargasacchi harvests Dragonette winemaker Brandon Sparks-Gillis Pinot Noir and talks about unorthodox crushing methods and who first brought today's popular Pinot Noir clones to California.

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