Author: Lynne

Harvest 2009

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September 27th saw our young Dijon clones 777 and 667 harvested from Tonka and Oscar blocks along with our Pommard from Yiayia and Pappou blocks.  Total of just under 7 tons of pinot noir to work with in the winery.  High sugars this year on some lots, but overall quality very pleasing.  October 10th was the final harvest for iOTA Cellars, when our Ana block of Dijon 777 and our Abino Hill block o...
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2008 Bottled!

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9.9.09 iOTA Cellars 2008 vintage was bottled.  Thanks to "Aunt Soph" for journeying out to Oregon from Jersey to lend a hand on the big day.  Thanks also to Yiayia and Pappou, in from Chicago, to watch kids and help wherever needed, as always.  Production of just over 300 cases, including a few magnums and half bottles for the first time.  We'll keep you posted on release date, but we've learned f...
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2008 Rests in Barrel

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Iota's third vintage rests in barrel.  14 barrels of beautiful fruit that hung on the vine until October 16th.  Each of our 6 vineyard blocks is represented for the first time:  Ana's Dijon 777, Yiayia and Pappou's Pommard, Abino's Wadenswil, Tonka's Dijon 777, and Oscar's Dijon 667.  The barrel babysitting has begun.  Each barrel already exhibits amazing potential.  Under our watchful eye, time w...
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Iota 2006 Pinot Noir-Pelos Sandberg Vineyard

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    Our first release has been in the market now since mid to late summer.  It was released to the public in April 2008 primarily through direct sales to individual mailing list customers.  We have slowly rolled out to retailers and restaurants in Oregon along with additional direct customers through word of mouth.  At the end of August, Minnesota became our first state for distribution outside o...
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