Address: 6470 Irish Acres Road, Fair Play, CA 95684
Latitude/Longitude: 38.602019, -120.645223
Start Date: Sep 27, 2014
End Date: Sep 28, 2014
Web site: click here
Phone: (530) 620-5303
Pricing: Free
Description:
The barrel room has twenty five bins filled with fermenting grapes. Steve and crew have beat their brains out getting all the grapes picked, loaded into the bins and covered for fermenting. Now there is the slow process of punching down the bins. That is how the grapes ferment in the bins: they rise to the top and get pushed (punched) back down into the liquid for further fermenting. Steve Ryan, owner/winemaker, babysits the bins during this laborious process. Oakstone Winery has spent weeks testing the readiness of the grapes’ sugar and acid balance to make certain they are just right for picking. Then they picked the hundreds of rows of vines, with thousands of individual grape vines and millions (well maybe not literally millions, it only seems that way to the pickers) of clusters of grapes. For those in wine regions this time of year the activity is affectionately called “The Crush.” The harvest is over and it is now time to enjoy a Harvest Moon and celebrate the bounty of the efforts of the last few weeks.
Steve & Liz Ryan invite you to help them have their Harvest Celebration Saturday and Sunday, September 27th & 28th from 11-5pm in the Oakstone 2.0 tasting rooms. Just show up to partake in the fun: it’s FREE.
From the Author: Oakstone Winery has been one of Lucinda & I's favorite places to hideout in the Fair Play Wine Country. The Sierra Foothills have many options for people and this is one of the best to enjoy great wine and have some fun. With Oakstone just a little over two miles from Lucinda's Country Inn we have parlayed our visits over the years to Oakstone Winery into a nice sized, quality wine cellar. Steve & Liz Ryan make great hosts for your adventure into wine bliss.
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