Artist Label Two in the works…

2016 Pinot Noir – Artist Series Two, Magnum

Artist: Kerrie Abbott-Phillips
Oregon White Oak, (Quercus garryana), Colored Pencil

These majestic, expansive trees are generally covered with as many as a hundred species of vibrant, lush mosses and lichens, providing rich, diverse habitats and food sources for numerous plants, insects, birds, and other creatures…

Daylight at Freedom Hill Vineyard, Dallas, Oregon getting ready for our first pick of the season, Chardonnay.

Mount Richmond Pinot Noir heading to Walla Walla. John on the forklift and longtime best friend BR helping out.

Pressing fall leaves. Who knew blackberries could be so beautiful. Some of the best fall color in Oregon is Poison Oak, but I think I’ll not press any of that!

Freedom Hill Pinot Noir ready to pick.

Freedom Hill, Pommard clone Pinot Noir.

Freedom Hill Chardonnay – beautiful!

Fall color

Sending grape samples from Oregon and a little birthday dinner with the truck hauling our fruit. We both have harvest birthdays, so any little thing is a bonus!

Molly’s harvest job from Oregon, sampling our Oregon vineyards.

Clever bird!

Pablo adorned with the lovely Oregon blackberry.

Monmouth, Oregon: the odd couple, Goliath on the left and his pal Pablo.

Happy kids – this spring we had 5 doelings and one buckling.

Remember the story Ferdinand the Bull? On this day, Patches (the one buckling) was channeling Ferdinand…

You don’t see vines like this everyday. This is Bacchus Vineyard, Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1972.

Monmuth Oregon: Another very smoky summer in the Pacific Northwest.

When we first arrived to Oregon, Molly opined about seeing some bluebirds (they are on our label after all). The next day a pair of bluebirds arrived to the bird bath. This pair had two sets of young. It has to be a good omen when you have a flock of bluebirds sitting on the roof of your new home!

Most of the crew…

Lucky Little Lady

Sisters are the best!

Spring 2018: Just a few hours old! Born on the blue moon.

Spring 2018 Monmouth, Oregon: Goliath the pygmy goat, Pablo the guard alpaca, and the Oberhasli girls...

Happiness - spring is springing!

We have begun our move! This is the first of many loads to our new home in Monmouth, Oregon. Normal people would probably hire a moving truck! For now, and through the 2018 harvest, the winery remains in Walla Walla. Next up - find a new home for the winery...

Night-time at the winery, three dogs wishing they could be of help!

Really, nothing says autumn better...

We never get weary of the beauty.

Johnny Devona!

One very full cellar...

Yep, some of the best harvest help you can get!

Molly's favorite harvest task - growing up the yeast. Here are three types, each with their own characteristics, textures, aromas...

Look at this beautiful new version of our label - 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon on the bottling line. Release date: Fall 2019. 

Cabernet lees, opalescent like metallic ink.

John's lees-ey footprint.

Sending the happiest holiday wishes to all.

Eclipse over harvested wheat fields in Walla Walla. It was overcast the day before and the day after, but perfectly clear on that day.

Eclipse + Friends + Champagne = a Magical Day

This dragonfly stayed on our truck antenna for the eclipse. Later that day, we had dozens of these flying circles and doing acrobatics above our yard - a sight we haven't experienced before.

Eclipse over harvested wheat fields in Walla Walla. It was overcast the day before and the day after, but perfectly clear on that day.

Spring Release 2016: Beautiful bread by the Walla Walla Bread Company and "grandpa onions", a staple in our spring garden.

Pressing fall leaves - color inspiration for our label.

Fall 2016: Pressing fall leaves - color inspiration for our label.

Pinot Noir drain down harvest of 2016.

Pressing Pinot Noir