Eno Wines Photos

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    2008 Hospice du Rhone

    Over May 2-4th 2008, Eno Wines attended Hospice du Rhone (HdR), a large annual tasting held in May in Paso Robles, focusing on Rhone grape varieties.

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    2008 EBVA Urban Wine Trails Passport

    Eno participated in the first East Bay Vintner's Alliance Urban Wine Trails Passport. Photos include food catered by Savory Cook.

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    2006 Labels

    Designed by LP/w Studios in Milwaukee, WI. The theme is words of wisdom from our elders.

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    Visiting Lagier Meredith Vineyards

    On Dec. 31, 2007, our assistant winemaker, Ken Zinns, arranged for a group of us to visit Carole Meredith and her husband Steve Lagier at their vineyard on Mt. Veeder.

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    Tondre Grapefield

    Joe Alarid's new planting of Pinot and Chardonnay neighbors Garys' Vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands.

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    Harvest 2007

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    Gary's New Vineyard

    Gary Franscioni has planted a new, unnamed vineyard in southern Santa Lucia Highlands, between Doctor's Vineyard and Pisoni. This is extreme viticulture- the highest vineyard in SLH and has some amazing views of the Pinnacles and Chalone.

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    Sasha Verhage Headshots

    Meant for publications, marketing, and trade. All photos are 300 dpi and slightly larger than 5X7 inches (can be cropped to that size). Copyright Michele Thomas Photography 2006.

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    Winemaking Process- For Brian and EA

    A chronological view of grapes growing, tracking progress int he vineyard, the pick, the crush, the fermentation, and press. The barrel aging, to blending, and bottling line. The end of the process is designing the label.

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    eno @ eno

    Thanks to our dear friend Virginia McArthur, Brian Eno, an inspiration source for our winery, came to visit Eno Wines in Berkeley for a wine tasting and lunch. Some folks from the Spore development team (Virginia the producer, Kent and Aaron, sound engineers from EA) as well as Will Wright, the founder and creator of Sim City and The Sims, and his girlfriend also came.

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    Las Madres Vineyard

    John Painter and Jean Gadiot-Painter farm 8.5 acres of Syrah at the Las Madres Vineyard in southern Carneros. The cool fog is perfect for cool climate Syrah.

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    2007 Hospice du Rhone

    Eno Wines poured at the Grand Tasting in Paso Robles, CA. An offline dinner with Casey Hartlip (Eaglepoint Ranch) and Larry Roberts (Redline Cellars).

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    Pinot Days NYC 2007 - Eno & Dain Offline

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    Pinot Days NYC 2007

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    Mark Squires Comes to SF Offline

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    2007-0406 Bottling & Labeling 2005's

    Eno Wines and Ladd Cellars hired Signature Bottling to bottle and label their 2005's. Parking a semi-truck in a residential area, using a rented forklift, and the city paving driveways provided many obstacles. That said, everything went smoothly.

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    2005 Labels

    Labels designed by Patrick Castro from LP/W in Milwaukee, WI.

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    Harvest 2006- Pressing Teldeschi's Old Vine Zinfandel

    Frank, Waheed, and Sasha pressed 1.25 tons of 120 year old zinfandel. For the third year straight, the must was extremely juicy and exploded everywhere. Regrettfully, it happened at 2 am.

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    Harvest 2006- Crushing Fairview Road Ranch Pinot Noir

    The Eno Crew crushed and destemmed 3 tons of Santa Lucia Pinot Noir from Fairview Road Ranch. Photos taken by Jeff Flueger- Copyright 2006

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    Harvest 2006- Picking up Eaglepoint Grenache

    Kiara and Sasha drove up to Ukiarh to pick up 6 bins of Eaglepoint Grenache. The weather was volatile- from sunny blue skies to torrential rains. Fortunately, the grapes were picked before the rain (totaling 0.4).

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    Harvest 2006: Ray Teldeschi Vineyards, Dry Creek Valley

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    Harvest 2006: Visiting Fairview Road Ranch

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    Harvest 2006: Bottling the Pinot Noir

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    Harvest 2006: Viognier

    On Sept. 21st, we made a very small patch of Viognier from the Bloomfield Vineyard in Contra Costa.

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    Pinot 2005 Bottling

    With a new precision filler, we bottled over 150 cases of 2005 Eno Pinot Noir from Fairview Ranch in Santa Lucia Highlands.

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    Winery

    Shots of our urban winery in Berkeley, CA.

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    Inspiration Sources

    These are the things that inspire us to push things further. Some are beautiful, pieces of art, our heroes, but all are meaningful. Enjoy this eclectic assortment of inspiration sources.

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    Wine Tasting of self defined Best Wines

    A friend of mine, John Cowen, invited his wine loving friends including Alder Yarrow, wine blogger for Vinography, folks from the Hyde Vineyard, and wine collectors. Photos by Alder Yarrow. An epic evening!

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    Ballard Canyon Connection tour

    On Saturday July 15 2006, a group of 60 or so wine enthusiasts, writers, and winemakers attended the First Annual Ballard Canyon Connection-- a progressive vineyard tour and tasting event to showcase this special growing area.

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    Visiting Fairview Road Ranch

    On our way to Santa Barbara, Kiara and I visited Kirk Williams, the grower at Fairview Road Ranch- the source of my Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir.

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    2006 Pinot Days

    Eno Wines poured at the Regional Tasting (11-1pm) and at the Grand Tasting (1-4pm) at Pinot Days 2006 in Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. An estimated 2,000 pinot lovers attended.

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    Eno Tasting at Bernard Maybeck's legendary Chick House

    On June 10, 2006, Eno Wines had a special event at of wine, food, art and architecture at an historic Bernard Maybeck house in the beautiful Oakland hills.

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    Rhone Varietal Focus course at UC Davis

    On May 25th, UC Davis Extension program hosted its second annual Varietal Focus course, this time on Rhone Varietals. The seminar included the origins of the Rhone varieties; their role in the regional wines of the area; their history in both France and the new world; the importance, development and selection of clones; and the role of terroir in the performance of the vines.

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    2006 AIDS Ride Benefit at The Cheeseboard

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    2004 Label Development

    Follow the development and design process of our 2004 labels. Design done by Design Office of Patrick Castro (Milwaukee, WI).

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    2006 Spring Sale

    Edmunds St. John, Eno, and Harrington Wine hosted a Spring Sale on Saturday and Sunday April 22-23rd. The theme was wines from the past (library wines), present (current releases), and future releases. More than 300 people attended

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    Eaglepoint Ranch Spring Snow

    A cold weather system in early March has brought plenty of rain (over 7 inches), some small hail, and a decent amount of snow. Photos were taken by Casey Hartlip, grower at Eaglepoint Ranch near Ukiah in Mendocino.

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    2003 Label Development

    Works in progress, ideas, and explorations for the labels. Design done by Harvest SF.

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    2005 Las Madres- First Pick

    The clone 300 block of Las Madres Vineyard in Carneros was a pleasant surprise. We were expecting to get .5 ton and we were offered 2 tons. We are delighted.

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    Harvest 2005: Zinfandel / Grenache / Viognier crush

    On Oct. 16, 2005, Eno Wines crushed and pressed 150 lbs of Viognier, 2 barrels of Grenache and 3 barrels of Zinfandel. The day involved some foot-stomping, an overfilled barrel and a bursting press.

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    Harvest 2005: Teldeschi Zinfandel- Crush

    On October 1, 2005, the Eno crew crushed 1.5 tons of Zinfandel from Ray Teldeschi's 120-year old vines in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County CA.

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    Harvest 2005: Old Vine Zinfandel- Pick

    On October 1, 2005, we picked a heavy ton of ~120 year old, head pruned Zinfandel from Ray Teldeschi's Home Ranch block.

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    Harvest 2005: Fairview Pinot Noir- Press

    With fermentation recently completed, we pressed the Fairview Pinot Noir straight to barrel.

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    Harvest 2005: Fairview Pinot Noir- Pick

    The Fairview Road Ranch Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands) was harvested on Sept 19, 2005. We harvested 2 tons of clone 667 and 1.5 tons of clone Pommard 4.

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    2005 Open House and Sale

    On August 27th, Eno Wines and Harrington Wine celebrated becoming an official bonded winery. Over 150 people attended and it exceeded all over our expectations.

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    Eaglepoint Ranch Vineyard

    Purchased by John Scharffenberger and his family in 1973 and planted to Syrah, Petite Sirah and Grenache among others, the site has become a favorite for many wineries, including Sean Thackrey, Copain Wine Cellars, Rosenblum Cellars and Navarro Vineyards. Eaglepoint vineyard manager is Casey Hartlip.

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    Ray Teldeschi Vineyard

    Ray Teldeschi has some of the most coveted Zinfandel in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma Valley.

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    Grapes 2005

    Pictures from various vineyards in California during bud break, verasion, and harvest.

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    Pinot Days 2005

    The Eno table at Pinot Days 2005. The event took place June 25, 2005 at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

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    Bottling 2004

    Bottling 2003 wine in September of 2004.

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    Harvest 2004

    Select pictures from Harvest 2004 dates in late September. Activities include crushing/destemming new grapes, taking readings, the fermentation process and pressing into barrel.

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Winemaking Journal

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