Photos - Eno Wines

Eno Wines Photos

54 photosets:

1

2007 eno labels

a collection of our 2007 &quot;Family Album&quot; labels. Graphic design by Patrick Castro from LP/w Design Studio.

view all 12 photos
2

2008- June- Visiting Eaglepoint Ranch

Casey Hartlip, the grower of Eaglepoint Ranch and someone I view as a dear friend, invited Kiara, Anya, and I to stay at his new house built on the ranch. Recently completed, we were amazed with the thoughtful details, the views, and the peace &amp; quiet.

view all 36 photos
3

Bottling 2006 Wines

On May 13, 2008, Bravo Bottling, a mobile bottling line from Dry Creek came to our winery in Berkeley. Parking a 48' Semi and setting up next to businesses and home is always a challenge. Fortunately, everything went real smoothly.

view all 49 photos
4

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.

view all 37 photos
5

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.

view all 34 photos
6

2006 Labels

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

view all 10 photos
7

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.

view all 12 photos
8

Tondre Grapefield

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

view all 6 photos
9

Harvest 2007

view all 4 photos
10

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.

view all 5 photos
11

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.

view all 3 photos
12

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.

view all 53 photos
13

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.

view all 24 photos
14

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.

view all 11 photos
15

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).

view all 26 photos
16

Pinot Days NYC 2007 - Eno & Dain Offline

view all 7 photos
17

Pinot Days NYC 2007

view all 15 photos
18

Mark Squires Comes to SF Offline

view all 10 photos
19

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.

view all 26 photos
20

2005 Labels

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

view all 8 photos
21

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.

view all 6 photos
22

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

view all 38 photos
23

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).

view all 14 photos
24

Harvest 2006: Ray Teldeschi Vineyards, Dry Creek Valley

view all 21 photos
25

Harvest 2006: Visiting Fairview Road Ranch

view all 20 photos
26

Harvest 2006: Bottling the Pinot Noir

view all 12 photos
27

Harvest 2006: Viognier

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

view all 11 photos
28

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.

view all 10 photos
29

Winery

Shots of our urban winery in Berkeley, CA.

view all 3 photos
30

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.

view all 18 photos
31

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!

view all 7 photos
32

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.

view all 36 photos
33

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.

view all 10 photos
34

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.

view all 18 photos
35

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.

view all 50 photos
36

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.

view all 5 photos
37

2006 AIDS Ride Benefit at The Cheeseboard

view all 12 photos
38

2004 Label Development

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

view all 18 photos
39

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

view all 33 photos
40

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.

view all 4 photos
41

2003 Label Development

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

view all 3 photos
42

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.

view all 9 photos
43

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.

view all 18 photos
44

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.

view all 26 photos
45

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.

view all 12 photos
46

Harvest 2005: Fairview Pinot Noir- Press

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

view all 10 photos
47

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.

view all 32 photos
48

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.

view all 6 photos
49

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.

view all 34 photos
50

Ray Teldeschi Vineyard

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

view all 26 photos
51

Grapes 2005

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

view all 5 photos
52

Pinot Days 2005

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

view all 5 photos
53

Bottling 2004

Bottling 2003 wine in September of 2004.

view all 5 photos
54

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.

view all 19 photos