David Galzignato

2018 = Dave G's 21st harvest, Favorite regions where he has made wine: Barbaresco, Italy, Wahluke Slope, WA, Howell Mountain, Willow Creek District -Paso Robles

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2018 Fortitude sneak peak

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Yay corporate finance on a Saturday

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Holiday party for the winery last night, antlers and Santa’s hat for all A BIG thank you to the entire team

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A quiet thanksgiving at the winery keeping our last Cabernet ferments warm to finish fermentation. Also a good vineyard walk with the pup between rain storms

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Grading Cabernet through fermentation with the group. Great intensity and concentration in 2018. Tasting 70 wines today.

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End of Harvest Lunch for the cellar crew. Thank you to everyone for a long and intense harvest with some amazing rock star Cabernets.

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Very excited to have on loan from CSJ, our very first basket press for our fortitude and DTC Cabernets still in tank. I am a big fan of basket presses and have used them for over half of my career for reserve wines.

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Daily production meeting wrapping up the week but no rapping

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Awesome machine to help rehydrate our yeast to the perfect temperature. Great wines come from healthy fermentations.

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Grading 2018 Chardonnay with the team across all appellations

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Second to last fruit of the year, Moore Vineyard Cab Sauv berry sorting and cold soaking

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Star Cabernet berries pre sorting after the stem is removed

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Star Vineyard Cabernet on the sorting table, perfect berries directly to tank

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Staging barrel ferments for pressing tomorrow

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Pressing our barrel fermented Howell Mountain and Rutherford Cabernet lots

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Cool Combo sign, highlighting both certifications

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Fish Friendly Farming certified. As a Fly Fisherman this is near and dear to my heart. We have been certified for several years, now we have the sign to prove it

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Maintenance team making a Rutherford Cabernet as a team building exercise. We started out in the vineyard this morning.

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New flowers and our New Napa Green Certification Sign!!

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Spring Mountain Cabernet in the barn !! Just a few more days to go for the 2018 vintage