Wine Club News
Hello Tribe,
Happy New Year from our family to yours, we hope your holidays were both enjoyable and relaxing. Since purchasing Indian Rock Vineyards in 2003 our holidays have changed dramatically. Prior to this we celebrated the end of the year and its festivities like most American families. Now, however, this time of year is much different for us. We spend December resting from harvest, which this year ended in November, and working on the new wines. For those of you that are not aware, we are an “Estate” winery, which means that we grow all of our own fruit and do not purchase fruit for our wine. This results in us being both farmers and wine makers. We are extremely excited about our crop in 2009 and the wines are showing great promise.
The valley that we are located in, formally known as Brownsville, is both a wonderful and challenging place to grow wine grapes. The fact that it is a valley gives us many different micro-climates on our 70 acres. This is the primary reason that we can successfully grow 17 different varietals in such close proximity. The top of our property, near Pennsylvania Gulch Road, enjoys hot days and pleasant evenings. The bottom of our property, near Coyote Creek, enjoys the same hot days, however, in the evening it can be as much as 20 degrees cooler due to the cold air thermals that come down from the higher elevation. The property was fairly well planted at the time that we purchased it, since then however we have made a number of changes to better suit the existing growing conditions. In 2009 everything seemed to line up perfectly for us. We had a very mild spring which provided ideal conditions for the plants to flower and set evenly. We then enjoyed a nice long summer and fall of sunshine. The fruit ripened slowly and consistently. We did experience a mid-October rain, however, that was fortunately followed by 3 weeks of dry Indian summer conditions. The Barbera was the last to come off in early November. All varietals were picked at their peak ripeness and the result will be in your glass later this year with most of the whites. By all accounts, 2009 should be our best year so far, many thanks go out to Steve, Mark and Marco for all of their efforts. Be sure to schedule a Saturday BBQ with us this spring, we’re always happy to see you.
Cheers,
The Bauer Family
Red Flag Warning June 22,2010
Summer time temperatures are here. Please keep in mind that wine shipped during
the summer can be damaged by excess heat. The temperature inside of the UPS truck
can be 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the daytime high temperature.
Please call or email us if you have any questions!
The Last of our 2006 Rosato!
Our Rosatos were inspired by the type of Rosé wines that, for centuries, have been admired in Europe for their food-friendliness and general appeal. Fermentation in neutral oak barrels and sur lees aging have produced a wine with complex aromas of cherry, raspberry, and plum. Remarkably versatile food wines, Rosatos can be matched with many cuisines.
Thanks to Robert Cox for sending this photograph in!
2009 Tribe T-Shirts are Sold Out!!!!!!!!!
Thank You Indian Rock Wine Club Members and Visitors
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In the past year many generous people have been leaving coins (while perhaps making wishes) in the hand of our resident mosaic Indian, Light As A Feather. We have collected the money and donated it to The Resource Connection of Calaveras County to help needy families. As long as you continue to offer your change and make wishes we will donate.
The Resource Connection, formerly Human Resources Council (HRC), is a 29-year-old Amador and Calaveras based private nonprofit organization providing services and programs in three critical areas: children and families, nutrition, prevention and intervention.
The Resource Connection is governed by a volunteer board of directors and staffed by 170 employees at 16 sites throughout the two counties. Its mission is to engage families, empower communities, and enrich the lives of the residents of Amador and Calaveras counties.
Want to donate more?
Go online to www.theresourceconnection.net for more information.
ALSO…
"Light as a Feather"
Concrete and mosaic sculpture by artist, Robin Modlin displayed at Indian Rock.
This life size peaceful Indian sculpture was made with a rebar and wire mesh armature,
concrete and mosaic broken dish tessare. She weighs about 400 pounds!
Join the FACEBOOK Group:
Friends of Light As A Feather
Many of you take your photos with our mosaic Indian, Light As A Feather, so we thought you would like to share your photos with others. The FACEBOOK Group: Friends of Light As A Feather wants you to join. You can become part of her friend community and post your photos on the group page.
When on your FACEBOOK page go to settings – then application settings - then click on Groups. Search for Friends of Light As A Feather and you will be there! PLEASE post your photos and a message or two.
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2009 Fishing Derby at Indian Rock Vineyards
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