Pruning begins here at Orofino

6 vines pruned. 8000 more to go. I guess I really don't need to say anything more about that..... 

Pressing Cabernet in December

red wine stained hands

The latest crush season we have ever experienced is drawing to a close. Finally. I mean, whew, its about time. I have had enough of punchdowns, wrestling with a 3" must pump, and cleaning the press. But today was a good one as we pressed off most of our cabernet and now only have one more full day of pressing to finish everything off. The last couple of weeks we have been on a simple schedule of press reds into tank, let it settle for 24 hours then move it to barrel and innoculate for malolactic fermentation. Repeat. Repeat. You get the idea. We are seeing a whole lot of red wine these days. Fortunately the weather has cooperated and we have had nice temperatures to work in and for the cold mornings we have enough room to set up work inside the building. A luxury that we love!

Just some of our barrels awaiting the 2011 vintage

So what happens now that we are about to have all of our wine pressed off and safely in barrels and tanks? This is when I get to look back and reflect on what we have in the winery and start thinking about blending whites, cold stabilizing them and even looking to get our packaging decisions in order. I have to monitor malolactic fermentations and give the winery a thorough cleaning. Fortunately all of these tasks are pretty civil and much more 9-5 than our lives have been over the past 2 months. Details on upcoming happenings and some interesting decisions that need to be made will be discussed in a future post.       

Movember Ends with a Party!

We would like to thank all of those who participated along with us during this month of Movember. We hosted a sold-out party to celebrate at the cozy and delicious Tavola Restaurant on the 30th. The place was lively and everyone had a great time! $700 was raised as we raffled off a number of magnums. Way to go everyone involved!! That bumped up the money raised by the Orofino team to just under $1000!

serious business this Movember stuff

Mo Sistas - OK, not so serious stuff

Some delicious pasta

Mo Glasses

Movember Day 27

Moustaches...our winter blossoms

GAME DAY!!!

GO RIDERS!!!

Orofino hosts a Movember Party at Tavola November 30th!!

Orofino is hosting a Movember party at Tavola Restaurant at the end of the month! We have teamed up with the good people at Tavola to celebrate the end of this mo-mentous occasion called Movember. This ain't no formal winemaker dinner. Join us for a casual evening of great people, outstanding food, and of course, featured Orofino wines. We will enjoy Tavola's amazing appies and a 3 course family style dinner. There will be opportunities to wine some Orofino goods and for those of you with magnificent moes, perhaps a special prize (think Magnum P.I.)! Proceeds go towards the Movember cause.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

6:30 pm
Tavola Restaurant - 1829 Robson St

$40.00/person not including drinks,tax & gratuity

tavolaresos@gmail.com for reservations

(604) 606-4680

We look forward to seeing you there! This is an affordable midweek opportunity to get out and eat well. Bring your friends! We will definitely be ready to unwind and celebrate the Movember cause and an end to the 2011 crush!

Movember Day 14

Day 14 of Movember...moustaches are blooming alas! And don't forget that $1 of every Orofino bottle purchased in November goes towards the Movember cause!