Lorene
Jr. and Sr. at Zap.
Barrel room.
"punching down" the "cap" of Zin skins.
Ready to "punch down" a Zin tank.
The tank room - ready to fill barrels with new wine.
Stem removal.
Mike and Jackie sorting fruit.
The gondola lift, aka Old Faithful.
At the crush pad.
The crew.
Red in a sea of green.
Quality control #2.
Quality control.
Left of center - color.
Left of center.
Where the red vine growss
Balancing a "bandeja".
Mountain top Cabernet being harvested by hand.
Filling the gandola.
Ripe fruit on the vine
A "bandeja" full of Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cab harvest.
Mike and Ashley at the crush pad.
Mike overseeing the Cabernet harvest
Grapes ready to be placed in the hopper.
Bruin at the Asti vineyard.
Asti vineyard.
Escorting grapes to the winery.
Bruin helps to thin the crop.
Bruin
Full bins.
Cabernet waiting to be hauled to the winery.
1/2 ton bin of Zin.
Harvest moon over Alexander Valley.
Harvest moon.
Pumping juice over the berries - day 1 after crush.
Black pearls!
Cabernet after it has been de-stemmed
Cabernet sorted to the de-stemmer.
Rieger open top tanks
The early morning sun makes them look like they are plated with 24K gold.
Bottling line
Cloverdale mountain top cabernet vineyard
Vineyard stroll
Vineyard flight
Harvest time!
Cabernet ready to be processed.
Cabernet harvest in Asti vineyard.
Asti vineyard - morning harvest.
Corks in the hopper for bottling day.
Night harvest - 4am.
Stoney Aiken Loam soil of our Cloverdale mountain-top vineyard
Bottling day.
Cloverdale vineyard - looking north.
Zin harvest
Harvest of Old Vine Zinfandel.
Hand harvesting Cabernet
Zinfandel vineyard
A misty morning from our mountain-top Zinfandel vineyard.
Mountain Cabernet at Mantra's high elevation vineyard in northern Alexander Valley.
Early morning bottling.
Barrels
The gang.