tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78494624547555138872024-03-13T11:58:02.092-07:00Farm BlogBig Table Farm - is a working farm and wineryClare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.comBlogger699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-44013755679022529552022-02-28T20:55:00.001-08:002022-02-28T20:55:20.626-08:00Spring 2022<header style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; margin: 0em auto 45px; max-width: 90%; text-align: center; width: auto;"><div class="meta" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);"><span class="date" style="font-size: 0.85em; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 2px;"><br />February 28, 2022</span></div></header><div class="body entry-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646110457807_92" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; margin: 0em auto 24px; max-width: 90%; width: auto;"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1645662803653" id="item-6216ce178af45e1103a0e2f7"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646110457807_91" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto !important;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646110457807_90" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 664px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-c2a62f66efa583b0569f" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Early March 2022</p><p class="" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Howdy all from western Oregon!</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="108.0536912751678" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1645662804874_2871" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: right; height: auto; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646110457807_89"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper
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We have some new wines for you and a few updates as to our progress and projects around here. Spring is almost here and with that the promise of a new growing season, vaccines, and hopefully beginnings of a return to a new normal.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="68.12080536912751" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614310410625_77550" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_126"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_125"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_124" style="margin: auto; max-width: 2400px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_123" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 429.15625px; 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It has been a pretty rainy winter so they are warm and dry, out of the wet and get plenty of hay. The vet is scheduled next week to preg check the cows to make sure Red Fred did his job. They will all be put back out on pasture just as soon as it warms up, drys out and the grass starts to grow again. Sal the guard donkey is also in the barn but he will return to work again this spring when the goat kids show up. Clementine, Levi and Bob the cat have spent all winter next to the fire. We all have a pretty great life here at BTF. The voles this year have been voracious, especially in my garden. The ate much of the brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli and kale, except for one variety which I guess they didn’t like – carrots, celeriac, parsley – you name it they ate it! I will busy this spring trying to control their numbers. Clare’s horses are good, still stinky and her bees seem to have survived the winter!</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2020 vintage notes </strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">We had another great crew for the 2020 vintage, but sadly it was maybe one of the most challenging of my career. We masked, hand washed, temperature checked, distanced and thankfully everyone stayed healthy. The biggest challenge were the fires and trying to understand and learn about the affects of smoke and wine, which we are still doing. We brought in all our fruit and have made all our growers whole. Fruit quality was high but there was less of it than the last couple years. We are doing our best and will let you know what we come up with soon…</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">the wines - </strong></p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_5396" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_291"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_290"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_289" style="margin: auto; max-width: 2500px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_288" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 431.171875px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="group.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="2500x1711" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="60387221ab6a307d12029faa" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614311974724-JG52S9SRYAMLVMAXIYAD/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGEdLrJdqAeMSJz41xzDvnl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iy8Rj2bPXFyaluz0PeKicNF9zhRDRVOFHrvSK2QoXbA_0gvHqAA-DZc3U0Z_zIy8g/group.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614311974724-JG52S9SRYAMLVMAXIYAD/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGEdLrJdqAeMSJz41xzDvnl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iy8Rj2bPXFyaluz0PeKicNF9zhRDRVOFHrvSK2QoXbA_0gvHqAA-DZc3U0Z_zIy8g/group.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614311974724-JG52S9SRYAMLVMAXIYAD/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGEdLrJdqAeMSJz41xzDvnl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iy8Rj2bPXFyaluz0PeKicNF9zhRDRVOFHrvSK2QoXbA_0gvHqAA-DZc3U0Z_zIy8g/group.jpg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 431.34375px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -0.08603429049253464px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_53111" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">The 2019 vintage is what we have for you today – I think the wines are lovely, and interestingly, exceptionally sturdy. Summer was very nice, warm days gave us nice ripeness, but September quickly cooled and with a little rain allowed the fruit to finish ripening without accumulating more sugar. The resulting wines are bright, fresh with lots of fruit, and incredibly sturdy even by young wine standards. What I mean by this is the wines remain vibrant days after opening. For us this means we can open a white and a red and enjoy over 2,3 even 4 evenings. I know some of you will tell me I’m crazy - a bottle opened means a bottle emptied – but maybe give it a try. I think this also means the wines from 2019 will be enjoyable for a number of years to come – we’ll see!</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-left sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="138.9261744966443" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_55187" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: left; height: auto; margin-right: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_308"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_307"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_306" style="margin: auto; max-width: 2500px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_305" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 414px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="wild_bee.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="2500x3750" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="603875f5af2af62ac2fc08b1" data-image-resolution="750w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614312956993-Y41QN6LN8TQIM79ME23C/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kMXRibDYMhUiookWqwUxEZ97gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0luUmcNM2NMBIHLdYyXL-Jww_XBra4mrrAHD6FMA3bNKOBm5vyMDUBjVQdcIrt03OQ/wild_bee.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614312956993-Y41QN6LN8TQIM79ME23C/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kMXRibDYMhUiookWqwUxEZ97gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0luUmcNM2NMBIHLdYyXL-Jww_XBra4mrrAHD6FMA3bNKOBm5vyMDUBjVQdcIrt03OQ/wild_bee.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614312956993-Y41QN6LN8TQIM79ME23C/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kMXRibDYMhUiookWqwUxEZ97gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0luUmcNM2NMBIHLdYyXL-Jww_XBra4mrrAHD6FMA3bNKOBm5vyMDUBjVQdcIrt03OQ/wild_bee.jpg?format=750w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 447px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -16.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 298px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_56819" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2019 wild bee chardonnay </strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">This is a blend of all 7 chardonnay sites we work with, our largest bottling, from south of Salem, van Duzer, Eola Amity, Dundee and Yamhill-Carlton. So a true Willamette Valley blend. Floral and stone fruit, mouth filling yet crisp – this wine is complex but also easy to love – with a delicious finish that lingers and persuades another sip or bite. The label is same as last year, by April Coppini. This design let’s us get you a delicious wine in a more cost effective package.</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">1155 cases produced, $30 a bottle. Buy 6 bottles or more and the shipping is included!<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="81.20805369127517" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_100910" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: right; height: auto; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_325"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_324"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_323" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1356px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_322" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 242px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="wv_pn19_sm.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1356x1094" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="60387f5475ccfe6c40be88ae" data-image-resolution="750w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614315349481-OS6L4Z2LDAXJ29J3MVFH/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAmtagn36zbuI0AgoGgoUvl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmDJyaVitQ06bkWUY0OMxkmAqT3yO1cBARJuzeV5rX_rw7l0jISqdEMPZ1rX1jLN8i/wv_pn19_sm.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614315349481-OS6L4Z2LDAXJ29J3MVFH/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAmtagn36zbuI0AgoGgoUvl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmDJyaVitQ06bkWUY0OMxkmAqT3yO1cBARJuzeV5rX_rw7l0jISqdEMPZ1rX1jLN8i/wv_pn19_sm.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614315349481-OS6L4Z2LDAXJ29J3MVFH/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAmtagn36zbuI0AgoGgoUvl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmDJyaVitQ06bkWUY0OMxkmAqT3yO1cBARJuzeV5rX_rw7l0jISqdEMPZ1rX1jLN8i/wv_pn19_sm.jpg?format=750w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 242px; left: -0.9780621528625488px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 299.953125px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_103305" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2019 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir </strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Like the Wild Bee this is our largest bottling of pinot noir and a true representation of the region and the 9 different sites each with their own strengths add up to make this a delicious wine year after year. I believe the 2019 version is true to this – warm spice, cherry and blackberry on the nose, and a pallet with persistent tannins and acidity that balance the fruit. All lots are treated with equal diligence, and barrel selections are made just prior to blending and bottling. All the winemaking, from picking decisions to final blending are done by taste – this is the most important thing to me – how does it taste? I want to make what I want to drink. Thankfully a few of you also enjoy the same qualities in wine that I do. </p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Chubs on the label, 2503 cases produced, $48 per bottle. And 6’s and full cases all ship compliments of BTF!</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-left sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="160.06711409395973" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_146079" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: left; height: auto; margin-right: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_342"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_341"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_340" style="margin: auto; max-width: 504px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_339" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 477px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="fork_spoon.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="504x756" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="60387aaa77f78a4fb37f8844" data-image-resolution="750w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314154784-VXS7Z8JY83O8XKINYRGR/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAZvPPwRHynUV_qjTWRT_T9Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpzPjo9B7cRvjWh0ZqINw-VYEH_a6WCp7f0N4uC6qg0KhSJpt6f11jo-lShEzNuNQk0/fork_spoon.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314154784-VXS7Z8JY83O8XKINYRGR/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAZvPPwRHynUV_qjTWRT_T9Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpzPjo9B7cRvjWh0ZqINw-VYEH_a6WCp7f0N4uC6qg0KhSJpt6f11jo-lShEzNuNQk0/fork_spoon.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314154784-VXS7Z8JY83O8XKINYRGR/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kAZvPPwRHynUV_qjTWRT_T9Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpzPjo9B7cRvjWh0ZqINw-VYEH_a6WCp7f0N4uC6qg0KhSJpt6f11jo-lShEzNuNQk0/fork_spoon.jpg?format=750w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 477px; left: -10px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 318px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_148485" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2019 Pelos Sandberg pinot noir </strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">We have been working with the same rows and blocks at Pelos Sandberg vineyard for 10 years! 2010 was the first year Don sold us fruit, and I think every year it gets a little better, the fruit most likely, but maybe my understanding of the site too. Regardless, Don does an impeccable job farming and sells us the same high quality fruit that he puts into his own wine called Iota. Some years ago he had some fun marking BTF rows with silverware and kitchenware he got at the thrift store, including a ladle that the vineyard guys sometimes use on days they bring soup for lunch! The drawing for this year’s label is an end post with a knife and fork that show me where to go. Thank you Don and I hope the next 10 years are as good as the last!</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">243 cases produced, 64 dollars per bottle – Eola Amity at its best! </p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Funk vineyard Syrah</strong> – this is our third vintage working with fruit from Rich Funk’s vineyard in the Rocks District of Milton Freewater and 2019 and 2020 are in barrel. We are so pleased to have a little bit of this special place in our cellar. Like PSV, Rich has his own winery called Saviah and he farms his vineyards with the highest quality in mind for his wines and for what he sells us. The 2018 version is opulent and delicious with gorgeous dark fruit, savory notes of green olive and of course black pepper that tells you it is indeed Syrah. We just make a little bit of this wine, so if you want some be quick!</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">133 cases produced, $48 per bottle and yes – shipping included on 6 or more! </p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="62.22222222222222" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_168604" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_359"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_358"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_357" style="margin: auto; max-width: 648px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_356" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 392px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="syr_18.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="648x433" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="60387b37e6cd371d19257542" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314296064-WMYK63J6CNMEBG98RNSU/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLyjdSqud4AbunnehC0kPdVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpzaaaJYOPqk-2T0cd713loG5HrzgMo2c7B7B0f8QbS37kLnc4ePhWhS70fFGUy56Po/syr_18.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314296064-WMYK63J6CNMEBG98RNSU/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLyjdSqud4AbunnehC0kPdVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpzaaaJYOPqk-2T0cd713loG5HrzgMo2c7B7B0f8QbS37kLnc4ePhWhS70fFGUy56Po/syr_18.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314296064-WMYK63J6CNMEBG98RNSU/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLyjdSqud4AbunnehC0kPdVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpzaaaJYOPqk-2T0cd713loG5HrzgMo2c7B7B0f8QbS37kLnc4ePhWhS70fFGUy56Po/syr_18.jpg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 420.96875px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -14.48611068725586px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_168895" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Included in spring shipments is something new! Clare has been working on documenting the food and meals we eat here on a regular basis, creating the recipes and accompanying photos of some of our winter fare in a printed version. She in now working on the spring/summer version, fall to follow, with the eventual plan of putting them all together into a book version. We hope this provides a little inspiration for your own kitchen and meals. If you don't follow her on Instagram you might enjoy doing so @bigtablefarm</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_192630" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_376"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_375"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_374" style="margin: auto; max-width: 2500px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_373" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 420.078125px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="EACH_11.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="2500x1667" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="60387bbbe4dd163190e1bace" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314434975-IHRO1KOMG2NCW5LZB755/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLkXF2pIyv_F2eUT9F60jBl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iyqMbMesKd95J-X4EagrgU9L3Sa3U8cogeb0tjXbfawd0urKshkc5MgdBeJmALQKw/EACH_11.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314434975-IHRO1KOMG2NCW5LZB755/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLkXF2pIyv_F2eUT9F60jBl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iyqMbMesKd95J-X4EagrgU9L3Sa3U8cogeb0tjXbfawd0urKshkc5MgdBeJmALQKw/EACH_11.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314434975-IHRO1KOMG2NCW5LZB755/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLkXF2pIyv_F2eUT9F60jBl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iyqMbMesKd95J-X4EagrgU9L3Sa3U8cogeb0tjXbfawd0urKshkc5MgdBeJmALQKw/EACH_11.jpg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 420.15625px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -0.04200781509280205px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614310410625_205135" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Thank you so much to all of you who enjoy and share our wine. We are so humbled knowing the work we do in our little corner of the world brings moments of joy to others. Please take care, be safe and we look forward to sending you wine and Clare’s zine! </p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-left sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="151.34228187919462" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_280073" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: left; height: auto; margin-right: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_393"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_392"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_391" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1672px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_390" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 451px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="B_C_vine.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1672x2633" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="60387dd1ac203f7d7cb5e3eb" data-image-resolution="750w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314977080-MYUQEV2WOOQDZG3SNOOA/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kI-vdHjy0s-i1e7E_wCzzeF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1Ucdc16OnNYGYa0hyMUjhQdbA3raYxnP6WH4OZnYHxJ27ZD7bBzAwq_2wCJyqgJebgg/B_C_vine.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314977080-MYUQEV2WOOQDZG3SNOOA/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kI-vdHjy0s-i1e7E_wCzzeF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1Ucdc16OnNYGYa0hyMUjhQdbA3raYxnP6WH4OZnYHxJ27ZD7bBzAwq_2wCJyqgJebgg/B_C_vine.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1614314977080-MYUQEV2WOOQDZG3SNOOA/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kI-vdHjy0s-i1e7E_wCzzeF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1Ucdc16OnNYGYa0hyMUjhQdbA3raYxnP6WH4OZnYHxJ27ZD7bBzAwq_2wCJyqgJebgg/B_C_vine.jpg?format=750w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 469.265625px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -9.13935375213623px; vertical-align: middle; width: 298px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614311881742_195671" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Thanks again, and cheers! Brian and Clare<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />** a note on ordering wine - If you're super busy - please let us help you order wine in whatever way is EASIEST for YOU! We are happy to assist. Call, email - We are available to make sure you get the wines you love! If you want to reach out please just send an email to admin@bigtablefarm.com or call 503-852-3097 or Text Clare Directly! 503-922-3540 and we'll follow up with YOU and get your order. You can also<a href="http://bigtablewine.com/" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"> Click here to go right to the buy wine page</a>.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-36780413595505444502021-02-28T08:12:00.003-08:002021-02-28T08:13:25.645-08:00Comfort and Indulgence - fall 2020 Magnum and House wine release<div class="body entry-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_415" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; margin: 0em auto 24px; max-width: 90%; width: auto;"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1602388221080" id="item-5f827460258d731d214b1018"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_414" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_413" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 664px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1602384381631_38660" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><br />Happy Fall ! Brian and I and the whole big table team hope this note brings you a bit of joy and diversion.</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">We have some beautiful 2018 magnums for you and a NEW wine! </p></div></div><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_412" style="width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_411" style="float: left; width: 332px;"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1602384381631_83309" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_410"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_409"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_408" style="margin: auto; 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The number of magnums is low, so don't delay. These bottles are now available to you on our web site, via the link below. </p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://bigtablewine.com/magnumrelease" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">click here to go magnum release page here</a></p></div></div><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_452" style="width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-4 span-4" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_451" style="float: left; width: 221.328125px;"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1602384381631_75280" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_450"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_449"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_448" style="margin: auto; 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This wine is a result of a bit more fruit in 2018 than we really wanted to bottle as our Willamette Valley and it was simply to damn good to send down the road for someone else to bottle. This wine will not be around every year so good to get it while you can. This is a more affordable version of our Willamette Valley Pinot and is made with the same diligence as all our other wines. The lable is my drawing of our house printed on slightly more humble non letter pressed label. This bottle is simply delicious and a great everyday drinker. We hope it might soften yet another week at home as we finish out this year. <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />The house wine is availble in 6 packs or 12 packs $200 and $400 - You can also buy 6 house wine and fill out your case with our fall release before it's gone.<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />We are starting to press off the 2020 wines and have picked all of our fruit. The winery is humming with a great crew and happy fermentations. 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As well as a beautiful feature in the Oct issue of Food and Wine Magazine with lots of BTF recipes! We will include a copy with your order until I run out. </p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Complimentary Fall ground shipping (on 6 bottles or more) will last for a few more weeks, take advantage of it and stock up now for the holidays!</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">I suggest buying a three pack of magnums - a chard magnum for Thanksgiving, a willamette valley for your holiday table and a single vineyard to stash away! <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /> Cheers!! and thank you ALL! 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display: block; height: 420px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" /></div><figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper" style="padding-top: 18px;"><div class="image-caption"><p style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.68em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"> © erin kunkel photography</p></div></figcaption></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1602465519963_96041" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_5367" style="outline: none;"><p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528677844_5366" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">** a note on ordering wine - If you're super busy - please let us help you order wine in whatever way is EASIEST for YOU! We are happy to assist. Call, email - We are available to make sure you get the wines you love! If you want to reach out please just send an email to admin@bigtablefarm.com or call 503-852-3097 or Text Clare Directly! 503-922-3540 and we'll follow up with YOU and get your order. You can also<a href="http://bigtablewine.com/" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"> Click here to go right to the buy wine page</a> or <a href="https://bigtablewine.com/magnumrelease" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">click here to go magnum release page here</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-37618991525420482552021-02-28T08:11:00.003-08:002021-02-28T08:15:59.644-08:00As we look to fall .... and savor the last days of summer<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello to all from Big table farm!</span></p><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1597986549329_71971" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: both; color: #5c5c5c; float: right; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_631"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_630"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_629" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1174px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_628" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 300.015625px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-08-20 at 11.00.05 PM.png" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1174x1182" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="5f3fe08f1bffd70483c884eb" data-image-resolution="750w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598021958201-YD1JHZFHDUBQO5HKFC2Y/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFAgxyVR4XN6Jkb8dXg40CV7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmy21P0lxNGP5WNF51St485PnGFB4dDMiYTgwSYHqSGr88PKYkcWt7H-lMoMv2h1_U/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+11.00.05+PM.png" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598021958201-YD1JHZFHDUBQO5HKFC2Y/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFAgxyVR4XN6Jkb8dXg40CV7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmy21P0lxNGP5WNF51St485PnGFB4dDMiYTgwSYHqSGr88PKYkcWt7H-lMoMv2h1_U/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+11.00.05+PM.png" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598021958201-YD1JHZFHDUBQO5HKFC2Y/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFAgxyVR4XN6Jkb8dXg40CV7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmy21P0lxNGP5WNF51St485PnGFB4dDMiYTgwSYHqSGr88PKYkcWt7H-lMoMv2h1_U/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+11.00.05+PM.png?format=750w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 300.03125px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -0.015332996845245361px; vertical-align: middle; width: 298px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1597986549329_78183" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">I am writing to you today in the midst of the pandemic, unprecedented economic hardship for many and an enormous social discussion about all of our roles in our country, society and the world, to tell you that we have more wine for you to put on your table. This is one of our roles in this world that we have chosen – to produce the best wine that we can, wine that we enjoy ourselves and then to share with those of you who also enjoy it. This sometimes seems trivial in light of all that we are facing, challenged with at the moment, but I think the joy created by a family sharing meals, with wine as part of that food, is extremely comforting. I know it has been for Clare and me.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-left sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1597986549329_73147" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: both; color: #5c5c5c; float: left; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; margin-right: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 332px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_651"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_650"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_649" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1149px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_648" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 232.109375px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-08-20 at 10.53.18 PM.png" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1149x895" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="5f3fe19b92aa4f2199a8ff47" data-image-resolution="750w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598022123261-MV8XWC2NAFC1Q4SAQ0TO/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kNpnTg6RuDu_ldCRzvIq674UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcHsgxz0juW-cYeBAz282RSjUGj3dMqJyun6oxk0UBPMrYSw6elRFKhtfcOQdaBcBJ/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+10.53.18+PM.png" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598022123261-MV8XWC2NAFC1Q4SAQ0TO/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kNpnTg6RuDu_ldCRzvIq674UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcHsgxz0juW-cYeBAz282RSjUGj3dMqJyun6oxk0UBPMrYSw6elRFKhtfcOQdaBcBJ/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+10.53.18+PM.png" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598022123261-MV8XWC2NAFC1Q4SAQ0TO/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kNpnTg6RuDu_ldCRzvIq674UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcHsgxz0juW-cYeBAz282RSjUGj3dMqJyun6oxk0UBPMrYSw6elRFKhtfcOQdaBcBJ/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+10.53.18+PM.png?format=750w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 232.21875px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -0.06182199344038963px; vertical-align: middle; width: 298px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1597986301689_173616" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">The world is so much different today than when I last wrote in March. All things considered, we are doing well. We stopped doing appointments in mid-March at the Atelier and Clare began using the space in earnest to paint and produced an amazing amount of work, most of it selling the moment she posted it on Instagram. I have been a little less productive but still diligently taking care of the wine and doing the bookkeeping, and enjoying the breathing room now that our home is just a home, with the office and tastings moved out. I have definitely been slowed by the constant dismal news, anxious and worried about what is happening next. It seems life moves from normal to unexpected event, to new normal then to next unexpected event, over and over. We are fortunate to have our health (we have avoided covid so far) and plenty of outdoor space and projects, should we avail ourselves to them. We have missed being able to see our family and friends with the ease of before. We are grateful to have cultivated our business based on direct sales, thankful that you continue to enjoy our wine at home. We also hope all our amazing restaurant partners are able to rebound and we look forward to the day we can enjoy their culinary and hospitality talents with unencumbered enthusiasm! We are thankful for the work that Laura Lillebo and Laura Dalton do to make sure your orders are processed and shipped as efficiently and safely as possible. Samantha Plante does an amazing job behind the scenes of making sure that all our shipments are legal, licenses and bond are kept up to date and sales tax paid to each of your respective state treasuries. Our team has done a great job of getting you the wine, and we look forward to sending you more.</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> We have had a nice spring and summer here, April saw a few frosty mornings that burnt some of my asparagus and June was cooler and wetter than usual. We have had a couple of hot days in august, but for the most part the summer has been typical for Oregon – delightful! Harvest 2020 will be small and start sometime in mid September.</p></div></div><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_670" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-4 span-4" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_669" style="float: left; width: 221.328125px;"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="108.74316939890711" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598029745547_30037" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_668"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_667"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_666" style="margin: auto; 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For the first time in the 12-13 years we have had cows, we had two still births, and Red Fred the bull missed 3 of the eight cows he was presented with. Regardless we still have 3 calves to watch romp around. Sal the donkey has 5 Boer goats (6 last year, they were delicious) to watch over as they keep the brush down on the steepest parts of our property. Luscious and Chubs, American Guinee hogs, are super cute, and getting bigger by the day as they run every time they hear a pear drop from the trees above then. The broilers are in the freezer and the layers keep laying, except they have slowed a little in the warm days of summer. Clare still has her horses, but hummer has been retired due to age, so she mostly just rides Huston. She seems to really enjoy this so I don’t ask about the future of more (or another) working horses. She moved her apiary to a new spot this year and so far it seems to be more successful than any other. Maybe it is the season and maybe her husbandry, but it seems that she is headed for a very successful honey harvest. My garden is still providing for us, maybe a little less this year due to some apathy on my part, but we just finished planting a bed of brassicas (kale, brussels etc.) that should keep us in greens for the winter. Clare has created a sock puppet named “Darn the cow” one evening a month or so ago after some elusive queen chardonnay and some teasing by a friends puppet. Darn has taken on a life of her own and can be seen on Clare’s Instagram account. She does a pretty good job of keeping up with all that is happening around here in a light hearted way. All in all things at Big Table Farm are pretty good.</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> As I announced last time I wrote, vines have been ordered for about 6 acres, mostly pinot noir but some chardonnay. This spring Clare purchased about a dozen bird houses that we installed on the perimeter vineyard fence posts, some were inhabited almost immediately! Watching the birds that thrive here has been a constant fascination. Pencil rod (skinny steel stakes) were just delivered and will start to be installed at the beginning of September. When the plants arrive next spring the pencil rod will mark where the vines should be planted and then serve as a support in the early days. We used the cows to graze the cover crop that was planted last fall. The stubble they left was recently mowed in preparation for laying out and installing the pencil rod. 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If the 2019 laughing pig rose is any indicator I think the rest will drinkable too! Joking aside, I am pleased with what we are about to bottle and hope that when they are ready to ship to you next spring, the world will be a different place again – hopefully sans covid.</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">The wines!</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_34623" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: both; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_778"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_777"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_776" style="margin: auto; max-width: 792px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_775" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 589.421875px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="fall_lineUP_sm.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="792x741" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="5f4059779cd6131f928bbd44" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598052728760-8A3N5VE6CU09EJVM3FMY/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kKkywJXg4oPmt_IbOyixcdVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIbzIoWTJfeYPvRonLN8FLMAYuGHeYiwvkCbLMdAZLAOwKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/fall_lineUP_sm.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598052728760-8A3N5VE6CU09EJVM3FMY/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kKkywJXg4oPmt_IbOyixcdVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIbzIoWTJfeYPvRonLN8FLMAYuGHeYiwvkCbLMdAZLAOwKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/fall_lineUP_sm.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598052728760-8A3N5VE6CU09EJVM3FMY/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kKkywJXg4oPmt_IbOyixcdVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIbzIoWTJfeYPvRonLN8FLMAYuGHeYiwvkCbLMdAZLAOwKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/fall_lineUP_sm.jpg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 589.84375px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -0.2160637229681015px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_177496" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> We have really enjoyed the 2018 wines released so far, particularly Earth Pinot noir and the Elusive Queen chardonnay (both sold out) but the Willamette Valley and Pelos Sandberg Pinot noir and Wild Bee Chardonnay too, since they were release last spring, and we look forward to getting to know their brethren as well. The 2018 versions of Yamhill-Carlton and Eola Amity Chardonnay are available, as well as the Cattrall Brothers Vineyard, Sunnyside Vineyard and Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir, and the 2019 Pinot Gris.</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Eola Amity and Yamhill-Carlton chardonnay</strong> – the goal of our AVA designated chardonnays is to show case what each is about, and I believe each of these do that. The Eola Amity is focused on acidity and minerality, of course layered on top of fruit, because I like to drink wines that have fruit in them. The Yamhill-Carlton is a bit broader riper and reflecting the slightly warmer AVA and the power that it imparts on its wine’s, both chardonnay and Pinot noir. I hope you enjoy these wines, both for their similarities and differences. About 90 cases of each produced. Of course, shipping included on 6 bottles or more!</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_194687" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: both; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_795"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_794"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_793" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1350px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_792" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 420.921875px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1350x902" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="5f405d137999cb5b506f1af0" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053652239-GCGFLZQ2DY221BESNQZQ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/image-asset.jpeg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053652239-GCGFLZQ2DY221BESNQZQ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/image-asset.jpeg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053652239-GCGFLZQ2DY221BESNQZQ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/image-asset.jpeg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 420.921875px; left: -0.04988913610577583px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630.09375px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_194986" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> 2018 Eola Amity Chardonnay – label is one of Clare’s honeybees collecting pollen - $48 per bottle</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> 2018 Yamhill-Carlton Chardonnay – label is flowers that feed Clare’s bees – also $48 per bottle </p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Cattrall Brothers Vineyard Pinot Noir</strong> – this is the highest elevation Pinot noir we work with and it shows, it achieves ripeness without accumulating too much sugar and the cooling of the breeze from the Van Duzer corridor that hits it every evening helps maintain its acidity. The 2018 version is no exception and is delicious while only clocking in at 12.1% alcohol. The acidity and tannin demand food, especially as youngster. Tom and Bill have the coolest truck that they use to deliver their carefully tended grapes that Clare loves to draw for the label. 134 cases produced</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> 2018 Cattrall Brothers Vineyard Pinot Noir – 1946 ford cabover flatbed $62 per bottle, and yep still complimentary shipping on orders of 6 bottles or more!</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_101252" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: both; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_812"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_811"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_810" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1350px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_809" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 420.921875px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1350x902" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="5f405b168938b1286008e261" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053143234-54UNCV5BQEAALLGKQ70X/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/image-asset.jpeg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053143234-54UNCV5BQEAALLGKQ70X/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/image-asset.jpeg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053143234-54UNCV5BQEAALLGKQ70X/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/image-asset.jpeg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 420.921875px; left: -0.04988913610577583px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630.09375px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_101551" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Sunnyside Vineyard Pinot Noir</strong> – Happy birthday! Sunnyside vineyard was planted in 1970, making it 50 years old this year! The wine from this carefully tended vineyard is always amazing. Lucy and Tom farm this predominantly Wadensville clone pinot noir with care, diligence and enthusiasm that undoubtedly contributes to fantastic wine year in and year out. My job is to make sure I don’t mess up the beautiful fruit they bring me every year. Fruit, spice, acidity and tannin all seem to balance effortlessly making it tasty as they come. 242 cases produced</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> 2018 Sunnyside Vineyard Pinot Noir – a BTF rooster on the label $62 per bottle</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir </strong>– some day we will see a little BTF fruit in this blend! Our place is in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA and part of why we started making this wine, thinking that someday wine from our vineyard would have a home. As I mentioned before – the YC wines seem to have darker fruit notes a little more power than finesse making it an able partner to grilled food and heartier fare. Clare uses the label to showcase the local barns from years gone by that are still standing. 234 cases produced</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir – Dairy barn on hwy 47 on the label. $62 per bottle, and yes shipping included on 6 bottles or more on this one too! </p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2019 Pinot Gris</strong> – from the Rivenwood Vineyard farmed by Belle Ponte. We started buying this fruit from Brian O’Donnell in 2017 to replace wirtz and continued to make it the same style, fermented on the skins to make a wine that is food friendly. The resulting wine is copper in color and has some tannin and red fruited notes to it that make it absolutely delicious with seafood, particularly salmon or crab with lots of butter! We always crack open a bottle of our pinot gris when the first dungeon crabs hit our table in the fall, I highly recommend giving it a try! Label art on the gris is always a favorite of mine, this year chickory from our lower pasture. 133 cases produced</p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">2019 Pinot Gris – $32 per bottle and you guessed it – buy 6 bottles or more and we pay for shipping.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_86199" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: both; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_829"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_828"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_827" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1350px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_826" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 420.921875px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><img alt="gris_19.jpg" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1350x902" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="5f405acf26f6c17cdfdb9873" data-image-resolution="1500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053071669-TSE12A4FHNO890QFOB1R/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/gris_19.jpg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053071669-TSE12A4FHNO890QFOB1R/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/gris_19.jpg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c9b914e4b0b6d53ea25e5d/1598053071669-TSE12A4FHNO890QFOB1R/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGizrMmBq2ID0WwK-z9rfjwUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc_Z_N6qjOl3B3OdstSpgqL5Mo9_Dfb0mgytFu90fMapz82d_hvFUVdH83IUq13sLh/gris_19.jpg?format=1500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 420.921875px; left: -0.04988913610577583px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 630.09375px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_189326" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"> I hope is all is as good as it can be, that you are safe and relatively sane. Thank you again for continuing to buy, enjoy and share our wines. From our humble kitchen and sparsely populated big table to yours, cheers! Brian and Clare</p></div></div><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_848" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_847" style="float: left; width: 332px;"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="120.89041095890411" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_373012" style="clear: both; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_846"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_845"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_844" style="margin: auto; max-width: 435px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614528601651_843" style="line-height: 0; 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display: block; height: 378.046875px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -10.430447578430176px; vertical-align: middle; width: 298px;" /></div></figure></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1598052455474_200299" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">** a note on ordering wine - If you're super busy - please let us help you order wine in whatever way is EASIEST for YOU! We are happy to assist. Call, email - We are available to make sure you get the wines you love! If you want to reach out please just send an email to admin@bigtablefarm.com or call 503-852-3097 or Text Clare Directly! 503-922-3540 and we'll follow up with YOU and get your order. You can also<a href="http://bigtablewine.com/" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"> Click here to go right to the buy wine page.</a></p></div></div>Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-75702779826892616532020-03-03T21:29:00.005-08:002021-02-28T08:14:35.666-08:00Happy Spring from big table farm .. 3/4/20<header style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; margin: 0em auto 45px; max-width: 90%; text-align: center; width: auto;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="color: #766f6f; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em;"></h1></header><div class="body entry-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1583299453478_125" style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; margin: 0em auto 24px; max-width: 90%; width: auto;"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1582819050896" id="item-5e57e6d2046a7c3fb780bc24"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1583299453478_124" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1583299453478_123" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 664px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-087fe028ac2dd2265570" style="box-shadow: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; clear: none; height: auto; outline: none; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Howdy all from western Oregon! Happy spring!</div>
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Spring is in the air here today, cold but brilliant sunshine and we are all trying to soak up as much as possible, the weatherman says more rain on the way. </div>
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We just finished our spring staff tasting of 2018’s and some library wines from 2012,14, and 16, and I am happy to report the 18’s are fabulous (Clare wet her pants) and we are excited to share them with you! </div>
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We have been busy since my last missive and I am looking forward to updating you to all the changes happening in the world of Big Table Farm.</div>
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The 2018 growing season was much like 2014 and 2016 producing ripe fruit, and particular to 2018 and unusual for Pinot noir, thicker than usual skins- these required patience to allow to ripen, and we did wait, and I think the results are fantastic and hope you will too. Harvest went smoothly, it was drawn out, so the fruit came in to the winery at an even pace allowing us to mind every detail. I think the 2018’s are delicious now, but will continue to prove their worth over time, just like the 2012’s, 2014’s and 2016’s we just tasted. The 2018’s have started to land on our table and I hope that when they land on your table you will enjoy them as much as we do.</div>
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Other than the 18’s being released (and the 17 syrah!) the biggest news is that we have leased a building in nearby Carlton to serve as our public front for both BTF wine and Clare’s art. We have used our home for our business since 2006 as it was really our only option for our fledging enterprise. Thankfully we have met with success and while have enjoyed sharing our home with so many wonderful people (over 2500 last year) the time has come to return some semblance of sanity to our lives. I literally had a ladder outside of my office window so I could move in and out of the house freely.</div>
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The building in Carlton has been dubbed the Atelier. Clare uses the space for painting when she has a moment, and of course most of her available works are there. The space has a long history in Carlton, first as a creamery until the 40’s, then as the office for Madsen feed and mill, until recently. Our tastings are still by appointment and with a slightly more convenient location and a little more space we hope to be able to accommodate more of you in 2020 – and beyond. For those of you who absolutely need a farm fix we will be doing an event here with outstanding in the field in July - tix go on sale via OSITF in March.</div>
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The farm! So much to tell! The biggest question now has an answer – after harvesting the biomass, conversion to biochar – we have begun the plant ordering process, so spring of 2021 we will put in our first pinot noir and chardonnay in the ground! Last fall we prepared the ground, planted a cover crop that we will graze this spring and summer. It will lie fallow through the winter, and then next February/March vines will be put in the ground and we will see the beginning of vintages to come! Exciting and anxious at the same time!</div>
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We have begun experimenting with the biochar we produced with very promising results. Since we built the barn and winery in 2014 we have been composting the pommace from the winery and the deep bedding from the cow’s winter stay in the barn together and then spreading on our pastures in the fall. This summer we divided the compost in thirds, treating 1/3 per usual, added 20% biochar to a third and 50% biochar to the last third. We spread the mixes on pastures in the fall, and even though grass grows very slowly in the winter, we could still visibly see differences. The real test will be this spring and summer, and the cows will be the ultimate judge, telling us what is tastiest. We still have enough biochar to add to our compost for the next couple years, so we will see where this takes us! Believe it or not it IS fascinating to watch grass grow.</div>
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Solar! Last fall we fulfilled a lifelong dream and added solar panels to the winery. I have been enamored with the idea of sunlight producing electricity since I was a little kid. We finally put all the pieces together to make it happen at Big Table Farm, along with a couple batteries to keep our wine cool should we lose power in the middle of summer. This compliments the Chevy bolt (all electric and super fun to drive) electric forklift we recently acquired and the Polaris (American made) electric ATV. </div>
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Last but not least – the animals! More goats and pigs are set to arrive in 4-5 weeks time, last year’s have filled the freezer and deliciously sustain us and friends throughout the year. Our laying flock has remained predator free through the winter thanks to a new super hot electric fence, and are beginning to reward us with a spring flush of eggs – if you visit the Atelier ask Clare if she has any for you. We are unsure of Red Fred’s abilities – several of our cows he was supposed to have knocked up appear to be open (not pregnant) hmmm – we thought a bull would solve our breeding problems. We will know what he is made of by July/August when calves are due. Clementine is mostly deaf and probably a little blind and a little dingy, but at 14 years she still gets excited about treats and meals and her tail keeps wagging. Levi is doing great and Bob the cat still mouse’s but seems to have taken adorable to a whole new level – the dogs now have to share his spot in front of fire.</div>
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I am sure I missed a few things, but maybe that is what Clare’s instagram account is for, she loves taking photographs and uses that to document all that happens here.</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">The Wines!</strong></div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Wild Bee chardonnay </strong>– Delicious! Is anything else after that important? What more needs to be said? This is the highest compliment a wine can receive. </div>
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Chardonnay has been part of the BTF portfolio since 2011, and I worked with it extensively during my early days in California as well. I pick my chardonnay when the fruit tastes good, flavors developing and seeds browning and starting to crunch. I like fruitiness, as well as other components, in my wine. Barrel fermented in French oak, mostly used but some new. Fermented with whatever yeast blows in the door, minimal sulpher added and the wine basically goes from barrels to bottle with only a short stay (2-3 days) in a blending tank. Filtration, fining and other nonesuch are completely left out of the program. Simplicity at its finest! 819 cases produced, 28 dollars per bottle, same label and price as last year, and complimentary ground shipping on case purchases! </div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Willamette Valley Pinot noir </strong>– as always this wine is a true Willamette Valley blend. Some of each of the 8 pinot noir vineyards we work with end up in this wine, making it a true representation of the 2018 vintage and the Willamette valley as a whole. Winemaking has remained the same as past vintages, as well as volume produced. We have always focused on quality verses quantity and we believe we have reached an equilibrium of both. Same price as last year, but different pigs – Sam and Rick, had a great life, one bad moment and live on as they grace our table and hopefully yours.</div>
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2503 cases produced, 45 dollars per bottle, and yes of course, if you buy a case I will pay for the ground shipping.</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2018 Pelos Sandberg Vineyard Pinot noir </strong>– Don Sandberg continues to farm diligently providing Big Table Farm as well as his own brand Iota with exceptional fruit. As I make my vineyard visits as fruit is ripening, I often save my visit to PSV for last, so I can walk the blocks with Don and then linger, drink a beer and discuss the progress, share ideas and thoughts. The 2018 from his vineyard is true to past presentations – fruit driven but balanced with bright acidity and present but pleasant tannins. 254 cases produced with a hat on the label you might recognize. 62 dollars a bottle and yes case shipping included on this one too!</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2017 Funk Estate Vineyard Syrah – </strong>at our staff tasting the other day this wine was tasted last, it was almost lunchtime, so my tasting notes consisted of ‘WOW’. Clare asked me what I did differently and the answer was same same, same winemaking, same vineyard as last year, just a different vintage. Sometimes everything just falls into place and you end up with ‘WOW’! Working with Rich Funk is a pleasure, he is one of the nicest, positive people you will ever meet and he makes his own wines under his Saviah label in Walla Walla. Same price and same label as last year – 145 cases produced, 48 dollars a bottle. Ground shipping covered by yours truly, Don’t walk, RUN! This wine will be gone quickly.</div>
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2020 is off to a great start and we look forward to seeing you in Oregon or across the country. Clare is hosting a dinner at the Fig in Charleston SC as part of the Food and Wine event. We both are headed to ATL for the High museum wine auction later this month and Big Table Farm will be participating in the International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville Oregon at the end of July. Clare will also be hosting a wine dinner at the Minam River Lodge in min July. All great events and we looked forward to seeing you! </div>
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Also, we are scheduled to bottle 2019 Laughing Pig rose April 6 and will be available shortly thereafter, along with the 2018 versions of the Elusive Queen chardonnay and Earth Pinot noir!</div>
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** a note on ordering wine - If you're super busy - please let us help you order wine in whatever way is EASIEST for YOU! We are happy to assist. Call, email - We are available to make sure you get the wines you love! If you want to reach out please just send an email to admin@bigtablefarm.com or call 503.852.3097 - and we'll follow up with YOU and get your order. You can also<a href="http://bigtablewine.com/" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"> Click here to go right to the buy wine page.</a></div>
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Thank you to our in house team for all their work, Laura, Laura, Lilly Gray and Jeff, all the growers and vineyard owners and managers who grow the great fruit that make our wines what they are.</div>
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And of course, thanks to all of YOU who buy and enjoy our wine, all of the above is possible because of you. We love what we do and highly value your continual participation in helping us make delicious wine. THANK YOU!!! </div>
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From the table at Big Table Farm to your table – Cheers! Brian and Clare </div>
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Brian and I and the whole big table team hope this finds you well. We’ve been enjoying some stunning fall harvest weather as we press off the 2019 wines! We have picked all of our fruit and the winery is humming with a great crew and VERY happy fermentations. </div>
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We have some beautiful 2017 magnums for you. The number of bottles is low, so don't delay. These bottles are now available to you on our web site, via the link below. Earth and Pelos Sandberg as many of you have been sad to hear are sold out but there are magnums of both these wines available if you missed out on the 750’s.</div>
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The 2019 vintage is shaping up to be another good one. Cooler weather allowed the grapes to ripen while maintaining lower brix. Nice thick skins had time to ripen and the ferments all smell gorgeous. We are excited and optimistic for these 2019 wines! We have been enjoying more than our share of farm meals as we diligently make some great wines for you to enjoy in the future. If you don't follow me on Instagram you might enjoy doing so - I'm often post my recipes from harvest meals along with pictures of the farm and winery during this vibrant time of year. </div>
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We were honored to be named in the top 100 wineries of the year by Wine and Spirts and pour at the event in SF this fall. Brian and I will also be at Pinot Fest in SF November 16th at Farallon we’d love to see you there. </div>
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Fall ground shipping will last for a few more weeks, take advantage of it and stock up now for the holidays! (complimentary case shipping 12 - 750’s or 6 magnums)</div>
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May I suggest buying a three pack of magnums - a chard magnum for thanksgiving, a willamette valley for your winter holiday table and a single vineyard to stash away! </div>
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For those of you would would like to have some of my label art the 10 year anniversary label collections is available - This is a special 22 page box set is my labels hand letterpress printed by Emily Johnson and features the drawings of our labels over the course of our first 10 years, and the associated stories of each. This first edition is a limited run of 200 signed box set of prints. <a href="http://www.bigtablewine.com/index.cfm?method=storeproducts.showlist&productcategoryid=D46DB3FF-B9F6-4600-9690-BC4A8F912069&isMarketingURL=1" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Click here to order. </a></div>
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Cheers!! and thank you ALL! Clare and Brian</div>
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Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-64593054067243309592020-03-03T21:25:00.002-08:002020-03-03T21:25:05.606-08:00End of summer, beginning of fall 2019<header style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; margin: 0em auto 45px; max-width: 90%; text-align: center; width: auto;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="color: #766f6f; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em;">
<a href="https://www.bigtablefarm.com/newsletters/end-of-summer-beginning-of-fall-2019" style="color: #766f6f; text-decoration: none;">End of summer, beginning of fall 2019 </a></h1>
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Howdy from western Oregon! </div>
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We hope this finds you well, we have had a fantastic summer here with all kinds of things to report. We also have three more 2017 Pinot noirs for you and for the Oregon chardonnay lovers we have 2 new chardonnays, one from Yamhill Carlton and other from the Eola Amity hills, both are delicious! And of course the 2018 version of our skin fermented Pinot Gris</div>
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Our 2019 has been amazingly busy with so many things to tell – goats and a donkey! Fencing! Vineyard progress! A bull! And maybe the most amazing – biochar! Biochar? What the hell is biochar? Basically charcoal, but when produced in a specific way it has amazing properties that can have all sorts of applications, including agricultural. Last spring we began preparing ten or so acres for vineyard which produced about 200 piles of biomass. Conventional practice is to push these piles into larger piles and then light on fire. Clare and I sought a different approach that would create a product from the harvested biomass, chipping and composting was a potential solution but would have been energy, time and space intensive. I had read about biochar and even made some on a very small scale, this is the direction we wanted to go. It took us over a year to find the right people and machine, but with the help of Blackwood solutions we turned all 200+ piles of scotch broom, blackberry and immature douglas fir into 100+ 2 yard totes of biochar, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sequestering carbon in the form of biochar that will be with us for centuries. Clare and our friend Jeremy Fenske created a video that is on the front page of our website (the second now down) that explains the project in greater detail. Regardless, we consider our biochar project as the first step in establishing our vineyard in a thoughtful and environmentally low impact way. Stay tuned, more wackiness to come!</div>
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In the meantime the vineyard site is being prepped and seeded with cover crop in anticipation of planting in the fall of next year or spring of 2021.</div>
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Thanks to Dan Hoecker and his crew at Results Partners, perimeter fencing for vineyard (think elk!) has been completed as well as some livestock fencing. This has allowed us to get back into the goat game and made managing our cows A LOT easier. We have about a 3 acre part of our property that is really steep and severely overgrown with blackberry (invasive species). We have put 6 Boer goats (a meat breed) and a guard donkey in the area and let them go to town. Yes I did say guard donkey, his name is Sal, and from my perspective he is still very suspicious, but Clare is thrilled by his addition to the menagerie. The goats have thrived on this otherwise unusable parcel, they LOVE to eat the blackberry and we will enjoy eating them this fall and winter. Don’t worry Goateo is still around and won’t be on the menu!</div>
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Our attempts at artificial insemination with the cows has been a dismal failure, despite the handling equipment and our best efforts. One for six for the past 2 years doesn’t cut it, so we are now the proud owners of a red Devon bull, named Red Fred. We hope Fred will produce a few more calves for us than the turkey baster did. </div>
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In other farm news, American guinea hogs Sam and Rick are happy and thriving under Clare’s care, layers are mostly contained and another year of broilers have made it from post office (as chicks) to pasture to freezer. Bees are thriving and Bob the cat continues to charm everyone along with Clementine and Levi who advise us to the comings and goings of the life here at BTF.</div>
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I spent the month of July tasting the 2018’s and preparing for bottling mid august. Everything went like clockwork and I am really happy with the wines. We look forward to sharing them with you next year. 2019 harvest is right around the corner, it has been a delightful summer, I call it a good sleeping summer, only one hot spell early on that was uncomfortable and more rain in July and August than most years. Keep your fingers crossed for more great weather as the grapes ripen in the coming weeks.</div>
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2018 Pinot Gris – this is our second year working with fruit grown by Brian O’Donnell of Belle Ponte. We were super happy with the 2017 and are equally delighted with the 2018. Fermented on the skins per usual, with just the right amount of tannins and acid and sweet fruit. I can’t wait to have this wine with a seafood meal, oysters on the half shell and Dungeness crab immediately come to mind! Bottled without fining or filtration, just like all the other wines I make. Theses are maybe some of my favorite labels that Clare draws, this year thimbleberry and fescue. 133 cases produced, 32 dollars a bottle, and don’t forget, complimentary shipping on case orders!</div>
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Attention! All Oregon chardonnay lovers! We have 2 new bottlings for you!</div>
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2017 Yamhill Carlton chardonnay – we realized last year that we work with 7 different chardonnay sites and that after we make the elusive queen there was still an opportunity to make some regionally focused wines, hence this wine and a second from the Eola Amity hills. Several sites in each AVA comprise both wines. The YC is mineral driven, some fruit of course, very dry with some tannin – delicious now but will also reward if cellared. I hope you love these chardonnays as much as we do! Blossoms on the label, 91 cases produced, 48 dollars a bottle.</div>
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2017 Eola Amity hills chardonnay – companion to the YC – slightly more fruit forward and generous, same winemaking but clearly very different fruit sources make distinctly different wine. We hope you enjoy them both for their individuality and reflection of time and place. This wine has a nice sweetness on the palate (although completely dry) and a finish that lingers and lingers. We look forward to enjoying this wine this fall, and watching it develop in the coming years. We just had a 2014 BTF chardonnay at a wine dinner (thank you Q!) and it was a standout for the evening. </div>
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2017 Cattrall Brothers vineyard – spicy, earthy and a healthy dollop of fruit thrown in – Bill and Tom work together to farm their neighboring vineyards, certified organic since the beginning in the 70’s and 80’s. 700’ elevation and direct exposure to the Van Duzer corridor winds make this our most restrained and delicate pinot noir year in and year out. Vineyard runabout on the label, 136 cases produced, 62 dollars a bottle.</div>
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2017 Sunnyside vineyard Pinot noir – It is important to me to be present during the growing season to understand what and how the conditions the grapes have been created in. I spent a great deal of time visiting each site as the grapes ripen to access and evaluate what will eventually come into the winery and decide when to pick, the most important decision I make. For this reason I choose vineyards that are close by. Sunnyside is my furthest flung, just south of Salem and takes me about 45 minutes to get there. Lucy and Tom’s fruit and resulting wine is so compelling that the extra time to get there is well worth it. Elegant and yet still muscular, this vineyard produces amazing wine year in and year out. Label is one of Clare’s laying hens, 245 cases, 62 dollars per bottle. Shipping is on us when you buy a case!</div>
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2017 Yamhill Carlton Pinot noir – Now comprised of 4 vineyards here in the YC AVA – where Big Table Farm resides – each brings a slightly different element to create a wine with the power the area is known for, but also the finesse that makes Pinot noir so beautiful. I visit these sites as often as all the others, but their proximity makes it just a little bit easier. Three are early ripening (warmer) and the fourth is one of the last to be picked. Clare has chosen to honor the area’s history by drawing local barns for the labels. 239 cases produced, 62 dollars per bottle, and yes of course we will cover the shipping when you order a case! </div>
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A general note on these wines, we opened them to inspire us to write you several days ago, because they are young and energetic they have continued to develop and become more expressive with time open. Gentle winemaking, youth and vivaciousness give them the ability to be enjoyed over several days time, if possible. Decanting may be another option, but we have not tried this recently.</div>
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Our Magnum release is end of September and we still have 2017 Willamette valley Pinot noir and a little bit of the 2017 Pelos Sandberg vineyard left. And please remember – complimentary shipping on all case orders!</div>
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Cheers! From Brian and Clare and the whole team at BTF</div>
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Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-76015705448690921312020-03-02T08:11:00.004-08:002020-03-03T21:23:16.727-08:00nobility, simplicity, pigs and art<br />
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "merriweather"; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greetings from ALL at Big Table Farm!</span></h1>
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We just bottled our 2018 Laughing Pig Rose and and we are excited to share it with you! The rose bottling has happened this year just as the fruit trees around the house have started to bloom and despite the rain this past week it is really feeling like spring around here! Also part of this release are the eagerly anticipated, Elusive Queen (Chardonnay) and Earth (Pinot noir). These two wines represent less than 5% of our production but hopefully capture not only the most beautiful expression of the vintage but a little magic too. Brian tastes all the barrels and narrows things down and then he includes me to help select the final barrels that end up in Earth and the Elusive Queen. They truly represent our taste, and our very best! </div>
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So far since our last letter to you we’ve had a cool and rainy spring. Although the grass is starting to really grow and we are still only getting the animals out on the pasture in short increments as not to take too much too early and therefore effect our summer pasture. We have some new baby goats and pigs and chicks all due to arrive in the coming weeks! My Instagram feed will soon be flooded with babies! Brian has a new greenhouse and has started lots seeds for the summer garden and I’ve been totally enjoying all his asparagus and last of the winter greens the past week or so! Bob the cat continues to keep him self completely ingratiated. The dogs and horses and bees are all thriving and the farm is just teaming with joy and excitement this time of year! </div>
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a little time for art….</div>
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My art show is next Saturday here at the farm if you would like to come to the farm to see the paintings we’d be happy to see you from 1 -5pm 4/20/2019 - parking will be VERY limited so we ask that you please rsvp so we can plan accordingly. You can also visit my web site www.clarecarver.com. </div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-60217319533086708382019-03-04T08:27:00.001-08:002019-03-04T21:14:05.497-08:00Happy Spring 2019<div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-30742ab13d692e1031e8" style="box-shadow: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); clear: none; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px; height: auto; outline: none; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative; transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out;">
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Happy almost spring from wet western Oregon! and Happy ‘March Forth’! </div>
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<em>thanks to Doug Wilder for this cover shot of PDWR</em></div>
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We are doing great here, a little soggy but happy the days are getting longer and spring is around the corner. We took some time off this winter but are back to work now and have some great wines to share with you! Not only a new vintage but two new wines as well that we are really excited about! All the animals are good, the garden feeds us (barely this year) and we are taking steps forward on the vineyard project.</div>
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The 2017 vintage was warm with large clusters and berries, much like 2015. Thankfully September cooled with a little rain and allowed grapes to finish ripening at a slower pace, giving us a harvest that was relatively relaxed, despite the size. I was even able to give people days off at the height of busyness, a first for me. I am really happy with the resulting wines. This was our fourth vintage in our own winery and I feel like we have settled in nicely, with a good flow and understanding of how the building contributes to the winemaking.</div>
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Today we have the 2017 version of our Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and Pelos Sandberg vineyard Pinot Noir on offer and two new wines! The Wild Bee will take the place of our Willamette Valley chardonnay in name only, with a very different label and a price that will convince you to drink more Oregon chardonnay – I am sipping some now as I write! We also have a new syrah to offer as well, we started purchasing fruit from Rich Funk’s vineyard in the Rocks District of Milton Freewater, part of the Walla Walla AVA , but in Oregon. We have had an affinity for syrah for a long time, so we are excited to have it back in our line up again!</div>
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The farm, garden, and vineyard project</div>
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All the graziers are in the barn this time of year eating grass hay from the neighborhood, we think the AI missed a couple of the cows but we are think we are still ahead of last year. During the wet months the pastures are too fragile for grazing, the regrowth is slow - and they all – cows horses and Goateo seem really happy in the dry and warm barn. Clare got a new flock of laying hens in the fall who have just started laying – so we are back in eggs! We have moved the chicken bus more times in the last two months than the previous two years and have been diligent with the electric fence so have thwarted whoever took out the last flock. Henrietta and Reina were dispatched end of December and are enjoyed now as sausage, chops, bacon with prosciutto hanging. Their replacements should arrive early spring. Bob has continued to endear himself and is probably more house cat than barn, we’ll see what happens when it warms up. Despite the amount of time he seems to spend sleeping in front of the fire with the dogs he leaves us regular gifts to demonstrate his worthiness.</div>
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On the vineyard front Dan, Jesus and crew have nearly completed vineyard and livestock fencing – both will dramatically change how we will be able to manage and utilize our pastures and property. This is something we have long dreamed of and barely accomplished, until now. The moratorium of no new species (goats/sheep) will be lifted once the fence is complete. I expect Clare to quickly add to the menagerie. </div>
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Yours truly suffers from analysis paralysis and has not ordered any vines, so planting date is still TBD, but we still have prep work and layout to do once the fencing is complete. More fun news is this year is that the truffles seem to be prolific and very fragrant this year – we have foraged a few times these past weeks and filled our pockets in only a short while. I was so busy last august that I didn’t have much time to get things planted in the garden, so we are eating leeks, mustard greens and some turnip raab at the moment, of course fortified by trips to the grocery store. Hopefully I will find a few more moments this year to get a few more things in the ground.</div>
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Our friend and videographer Jeremy Fenski put together a remarkable video that makes both Clare and me seem much more suave than we really are – the reality of all of this is that we could not do even half of what we have accomplished without the amazing community of people around us that make what we, and we all do possible, from the guys in the vineyards, the people we hire in the cellar, office, cleaners, our garbage and recycling drivers, the drivers who bravely bounce down our gravel road, the restaurant people who frame the moments surrounding our wine, both in the kitchen and on the floor, and of course you, our customers who make it all of it possible with the purchase and enjoyment of our wine. Thank you!</div>
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In early December Clare took a short sabbatical in eastern Oregon to paint, she is so amazingly able to plan and then implement and get things done. She created some great paintings and still has some more work to do, but plans to show all of them here April 20, I hope you can join us. </div>
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The amount of press we have received in the past year has been nothing short of amazing, I am honored and humbled. So many nice reviews, photographs, 4 top 100 lists! Two features in Wine Spectator, The Prince of Pinots all American 2x’s over and Winery of the year by PWDR. It is all on our website for when you have a moment. <a href="https://www.bigtablefarm.com/press-and-reviews/" style="color: #d54c4a; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">- see press here- </a></div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2017 Chardonnay – The Wild Bee! </strong>The Wild Bee represents a shift in our chardonnay program. As I alluded earlier, this wine will take the place of our Willamette Valley chardonnay – only in name, label and price! Same vineyard sources, same winemaking, same barrels. We love chardonnay, both making and drinking it, but the reality of the moment says that we needed a more accessible wine (lower price) to allow us to continue making our current production – in addition to the Wild Bee we have added two AVA blends, Eola Amity and Yamhill Carlton, that will be released in the fall, exploring what more specific place does for chardonnay. The Wild Bee is a combination of all 6 sites of chardonnay that we work with and is a fantastic representation of Willamette Valley chardonnay for 2017. We hope you enjoy it, lots of it! For the first time we have chosen another artist’s drawing to dress The Wild Bee, someone whose work both Clare and I have admired for quite a while. Thank you April Coppini!</div>
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525 cases produced, 28 dollars/bottle and of course if you buy a case the shipping is included!</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2017 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir </strong>–<br />
I know that our pigs always adorn our Willamette Valley pinot but this wine feels like the tail that wags the dog – it has taken on a life of its own with each vintage and I feel like 2017 is no different in that regard. It is quaffable if that is what you want, but if you slow down and take a step back, it has most everything wine should have, fruit, acid, tannin, sweetness all in harmony and balance. When delicious is the first word that comes to mind. I smile, bow my head and say thank you and know that I have done my job well.</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />2017 Pelos Sandberg Pinot Noir </strong>– I met Don Sandberg when we first moved here in 2006 and we quickly became good friends. He began selling us fruit in 2010 and we look forward to working with him and our friendship for many years to come. He is an amazing farmer, so diligent, attentive and intuitive, that year in and year out he delivers the most amazing fruit, which as long as I don’t fuck it up, makes some pretty good wine. 2017 is no different. Over the years I have gotten to know the blocks we buy pretty well too and when I taste the wine I feel the sense of place that comes through. On your next visit to the Willamette Valley I recommend giving Don a call/email to set up an appointment to try the wine he makes from his own vineyard – Iota Cellars, and you will begin to understand what I mean by sense of place. The 2017 label is Clare’s drawing of Don’s work boots, honoring the long hours he spends growing some of the best fruit in the Willamette Valley.</div>
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242 cases, 62 dollars/bottle. Complimentary shipping on cases orders!</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">2016 Syrah - the Rocks District of Milton Freewater –</strong> I think the ability of power and finesse in the same glass has allured me to syrah since my first introduction over 20 years ago. I also remember the photograph in Barbara Neyers’ office of Vieux Telegraphe vines growing seemingly out of just rock being mesmerizing and profound. So when the opportunity arose to work with fruit from the Rocks District of Milton Freewater, I jumped. Rich Funk of Saviah Cellars agreed to sell us some fruit from his meticulously farmed estate vineyard. He has continued to trust us in 2017 and 18 and I hope beyond. I have done my best to capture both the power and the finesse, plus a little fruit and some spice. The knife, fork and spoon have been replaced by an iconic vine surrounded by stones.</div>
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196 cases, 48 dollars a bottle. Shipping included when you buy a case!</div>
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We are scheduled to bottle the 2017 Laughing Pig Rose on April 12.. We will let you know ASAP when it is ready to go, along with the house favorites, Earth and the Elusive Queen.</div>
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Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-52307436754592550162018-08-26T14:32:00.001-07:002018-08-26T14:38:02.645-07:00end of summer - begining of fall 2018 releaseHowdy from the Willamette valley!<br />
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buoyed by all of your support and enthusiasm for what we do and make.
Thank you to all of you who enjoy our wines and Clare’s art, we are
truly grateful and all of what we do would be impossible without you.<br />
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We have many longtime and fabulous customers, but there are two in
particular I would like to recognize today because they gave us a couple
gems of wisdom that Clare and I repeat regularly as we try to steer our
lives and business in the best direction. We are not trained or by
nature business people, I spent ten years in Napa learning how to make
wine before we moved to Oregon in 2006 to start our crazy project, and
Clare has been painting since she was a little girl and studied graphic
design and worked at that for 20 years until the winery began to pay for
itself. Winemaking and art we know, running the business that goes
with those, well, by the seat of our pants might best describe.<br />
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Ewen
McKechnie lives in the San Francisco bay area as he likes to say and is
originally from Scotland. He is a rugby teammate of my uncle, and as
soon as he heard what we were up to he began calling us asking to buy
wine – before we even had any to sell! He still calls us regularly to
order wine and has been with us every step of the way, always
encouraging. During a moment of difficult decision making he proclaimed
that we needed to continue “onward through the fog”. This idea of
pushing ahead into the unknown is a daily act of courage, but as Clare
and I make big and small decisions, we decide and then move “onward
though the fog”. “Onward through the fog” is repeated often by Clare
and me as a way of breathing confidence into our plotted course as we
venture into the unknown of each day. Thank you Ewen!<br />
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“Just get
started” is the second phrase that we often repeat as a motivation for
both big and seemingly small projects and challenges. This came from
Peggy Dark, a successful entrepreneur, we met her briefly a number of
years ago and as we were desperately trying to make our business work.
Clare asked her what advice she could give us, and the three words of
“just get started” have become part of our lexicon. We quickly realized
that taking the first steps toward anything can be the most
challenging, but once you have some momentum it is easier to keep
going. “Just get started” is our regular motivational cheer, whether it
is cleaning up the kitchen after a busy day of hosting or preparing to
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yes! That is our exciting news – we have broken ground on planting
vineyard on our property, behind the winery. This has been part of our
vision from the very beginning. It is a big project for us, a little
daunting on top of everything else, and expensive. We have chosen a
great team of people to help us as we ‘just get started’. The process
will take at least three years before we see any fruit and then at
another year to 18 months to wine in a bottle. We look forward to the
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We
just had our one and only calf of the year last week, so our initial
attempt at artificial insemination was only 17% successful but at lest
we avoided the rodeo scenario of the first attempt, and we have learned
and made some changes that will hopefully make this year’s attempt in
the coming weeks more fruitful. Clare is now quite the beekeeper with
currently 5 hives, some of which are stronger than others, and she is
definitely able to take some honey, which is great. Unfortunately she
is still trying to figure out how to extract the honey from the comb
efficiently, which to my chagrin means the kitchen is a perpetual state
of sticky – the floor, doorknobs, utensils etc. So I look forward to
the process being completed. With all the busyness of spring and summer
my garden suffered a little bit. I still have lots growing but not as
much as I would like. Hopefully I will find a moment to put in all the
brassicas that we enjoy throughout the winter. Of course we have a
couple pigs to help us clean up all the leftovers and windfall fruit –
Henrietta and Reyna. They are hugely entertaining, both as pigs and as
the labels they will adorn, and of course as all the deliciousness the
will provide. Our laying flock has been reduced in numbers
significantly by a coyote, plans are in the works to get a new flock and
to fortify their living quarters. Clementine, Levi, Goatio and Bob the
cat still consider themselves as greeters although both Clementine and
Goatio are slowing down as they age, leaving Levi and Bob to pick up the
slack.<br />
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We
have some great wines to offer today! These wines represent my very
best effort that each vineyard can produce. They all have their own
quirks and characteristics that make them unique and delicious in their
own way. I handle all the fruit that comes into the winery with equal
diligence. I spend a great deal of time tasting the fruit and the
resulting wine from each vineyard, and each barrel so that I can put
together what I think are the best and most delicious representation
each site can offer. Please enjoy, and remember, Case shipping is on
us!<br />
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2016
Wirtz Vineyard Pinot noir. Sadly this is our last vintage of pinot from
the Wirtz vineyard. The economic realities of leasing and farming an
old vineyard and the time spent managing it no longer made sense. The
bright side is this last wine is delicious and the void created has
allowed us to focus on our own vineyard project. I will miss having a
piece of history in our cellar and the wine that it produced, please
enjoy this last effort. 203 cases produced, wild cherries on the label,
62 dollars per bottle.<br />
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2016 Sunnyside Vineyard Pinot noir,
this is 50 minutes from big table farm making it our farthest flung
site, but the great fruit that Luci and Tom coax out of their old
Wadensville vines is amazing and I do my best to capture that in the
bottle. 326 cases produced, hen and chick on the label, 62 dollars per
bottle, Case shipping is on us!<br />
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2016 Cattrall Brothers
Vineyard Pinot noir, also Wadensville clone planted in their old
vineyard, but very different aspect and elevation make for a very
distinct wine year in and year out. 184 cases, vineyard truck on the
label, 62 dollars per bottle.<br />
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Pinot noir – the same two vineyards as the last two years, Kalita and
Coats and Whitney make up this AVA blend, combining to show the best our
neighbor hood can produce. Big Table Farm is one step closer to being
able to make a contribution to this wine! 315 cases produced, Bernard’s
barn on the label, 62 dollars per bottle, and of course, case shipping
is on us!<br />
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2017
Pinot Gris, also sourced from here in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, and made
in the same style I have always done, fermented on the skins to create a
wine that is copper colored and more importantly has structure and body
to make it stand up to food, particularily seafood. 135 cases produced,
ancient and invasive on the label, 32 dollars a bottle. And yes, case
shipping is still on us!<br />
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As I write we are in the midst of
preparing to bottle the 2017 vintage and anticipating 2018. We have had
a warm growing season and I look forward to making more wine! It has
been great to see so many of you at all the events we have participated
in over the summer, and we look forward to seeing more of you in the
fall, at Farralon for Pinotfest and Clare will be traveling to New York
for the WS NY wine experience.<br />
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Clare and I consider ourselves
so fortunate to have so many great customers, and love knowing that our
work is cherished, shared and enjoyed all across the country and even in
a few places around the world. Thank you again for all your enthusiasm
for our wines, and of course, don’t forget, free shipping on Case
orders!<br />
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From our table to yours, cheers! Brian and Clare<br />
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<b>Note on ordering wine: </b>we respect YOUR time.<br />
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If
you're super busy - please let us help you order wine in whatever way
is EASIEST for YOU! We are happy to assist. Call, email - Clare and
Laura (the newest member of our team!) are always available to make sure
you get the wines you love! If you want to reach out please just send
an email to <b>admin(at)bigtablefarm.com</b> or call 503.662.3129 - and we'll follow up with YOU and get your order!<br />
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Wine
orders will be shipped end of September or early October, when
temperatures across the country are a little more consistent, we will
follow up with your order's shipping details.<br />
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Greetings from ALL at Big Table Farm!<br />
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We
bottled our 2017 Laughing Pig Rose last week and are thrilled to have a
little more to go around than last year. Our rose bottling and release
has been happening since 2007 (although not every year) and is an
annual marker in time for us, a mid spring ritual that promises the
warmth of summer while still in the midst of what this year seems to be a
perpetually rainy spring. Also on offer are our two barrel select
wines, the Elusive Queen (Chardonnay) and Earth (Pinot noir). I
continue to joke, but in all seriousness if you don’t buy these wines we
will (and we do) drink them ourselves. They represent less than 5% of
our production but hopefully capture all of the best magic possible from
the vintage. I do the heavy lifting of tasting all the barrels and
narrowing, then clare helps me select the final barrels that end up in
Earth and the Elusive Queen, so they truly do represent our taste, and
our very best! Please remember ground shipping is included on case
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grass is starting to grow, the pastures are still too wet to let them
out. Clare has ordered her chicks, both layers and broilers, scheduled
to arrive April 19, via US post… for real! The post office will call us
at 6AM to tell us the chicks have arrived, many of our neighbors do
this too because when you go into the post office the noise of all the
chirping day old chicks is deafening! I have started some of my seeds
for the summer garden and still have more on the docket, once I get my
greenhouse fixed. Levi and Clementine chased a squirrel into it and
blew out the whole back end – huzza – there is always something! Bob
the cat is still with us and has started to leave us “gifts” on the
front porch. Goateo is also still with us and Clare’s horses are good
too, although apparently Hummer is almost 30 and only has three teeth,
so now gets special mushy senior horse feed. I only know this because
Clare has been traveling quite a bit and their care (read scooping poop)
falls to me when she is gone. New pigs are chosen and should be here
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">We will be out and about in the next little bit, pouring at the High Museum wine auction in Atlanta March 22-24, then in Chicago for Pinot in the City on May 15, and on July 27-29 we'll be attending IPNC as guests (this is a great event!).</span></div>
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Howdy all! I hope this finds you well. Summer has always been my favorite time of year, it’s just too damn short. I like the fall too, but it takes second place to the Oregon summer. There is something about the energy that comes from the warmth and long days. <br /><br />Nevertheless we are happy to present you with our fall release wines: Cattrall, Sunnyside Wirtz and Yamhill- Carlton. I am sipping these wines as I write, each one is a stunner in it’s own way. This missive comes to you in a precious moment as I prepare for bottling the 2016 wines and before harvest of 2017. <br /><br />My overarching winemaking goal is and has always been to make delicious wines. Complexity, age-worthiness and interesting wines are all also important, but if the delicious is not there, then all else is unimportant. I mostly use my own palate. I taste and try and taste again, from the grapes in the beginning to each of the barrels before blending, sometimes until my mouth can take no more. Each barrel is evaluated a multitude of times to make sure it finds the right home in one of our wines, or is even cast off. <br />
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We drink all of our wines regularly because we make what we like and what we think is delicious. I am sure you have all heard the expression “too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the sauce” - small wineries like ours where the owner is also the winemaker are in a unique position artistically. We have no outside investors, owners or partners looking over our shoulders and the wines can truly reflect a singular focus. I certainly check in with clare to make sure I am not crazy, but she likes my wine too. Perhaps that’s why the labels are so great! Or maybe it tastes good because the labels are so great! OK – enough bullshit – here are the wines.<br /><br />
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<br />The Wines<br />I tasted them in this order... so here they are presented to you as well.<br /><br />2015 Yamhill- Carlton pinot noir. <br />Big Table Farm is in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA and the longer I work with fruit from Coats and Whitney and Kalita the more I appreciate the power, depth and dark fruit flavors that grow here. Both vineyards are represented equally in this blend and maybe someday a little BTF fruit will join in. We love old barns and the emotions they evoke whether you are viewing across the landscape or protected inside. Pike Rd Barn on the label .303 cases made. 48 dollars/bottle.<br /><br />2015 Wirtz Vineyard pinot noir. <br />These old vines have become my friends. We have made wine since 2010 and started farming it in 2013, so I have walked up and down the rows many times. I have always loved the spice and red fruit that come out of this vineyard regardless of vintage. Label isthe flat friendly fir. 368 cases. 48 dollars/bottle<br /><br />2015 Sunnyside Vineyard pinot noir. <br />Vibrant and stalwart – this wine is always a reflection of luci and tom and the effort and enthusiasm they put into farming their vineyard. I am honored that they continue to sell me their fruit, I do my best to let their work shine through. Always savory, both red and blue fruits make this an irresistible wine. One of Clare’s chickens on the label. 369 cases. 48 dollars/bottle<br /><br />2015 Cattrall Brothers Vineyard pinot noir. <br />Fruit and humus and then some in this wine, definitely a pinot lovers pinot. Bill and Tom broke the mold. They have farmed cooperatively and organically since the 70’s. Again I am honored that they continue to sell me the same rows of own rooted wadensville since 2009. I always do my best and I think everybody will be happy with the 2015 version. Tom’s grape delivery truck on the label. 202 cases made. 48 dollars/bottle.<br /><br />2016 Pinot Gris.<br />Yet to be bottled this wine is last but not least. (It will be bottled in just a few days) This wine is made in the same fashion as all previous vintages. The fruit is macerated in its own juices until it starts to ferment with its natural yeast. It’s then pressed and finishes both primary and malolactic. The copper color and structure comes from the time spent on the skins. The result is a very full-bodied, luscious wine with lots of fruit and structure, and with the freshness of a white wine. We will rack 5 barrels today and bottle approx 125 cases. Queen Anne’s lace on the label. $32 dollars/bottle<br />
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<br /><br />The 2015 vintage was warm, then a little hot, then warm again and then thankfully cool in September. It was large in terms of the volume of fruit, which was a good thing given the warmth, giving the vigorous vines more work to do and extending the ripening. The cool September allowed us to make our picking decisions in a thoughtful way. The resulting wines are beautiful, balanced and of course delicious. The quintessential Oregon pinot noir in my mind. They are drinking well now and conceivably for the next 3-5 years.<br />
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<br /><br />On the farm<br /><br />We will be attempting to AI our cows again this year – we have ordered some handling equipment to avoid the rodeo action of 2016. Curley the bull did the job in the end last year and we had 6 healthy calves hit the ground this spring. They are so fun to watch cavort, playfulness must be an attribute of all youth. Our freezer is full of broilers that clare did another amazing job of raising and of course, thanks to shorty the steer, we will be well fed again this year. My garden still takes more time than it should and of course the book titled “The $64 Tomato” often rings in my ears.<br />
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Clare is still riding and driving her horses, but just realized that hummer is a little older than we thought and only has 4 teeth. So of course he gets special treatment and I fear a third horse might be in the works. Levi and Clementine are still happy to perform dog tricks if you have some treats and of course goatio still graces the place (and sometimes guest’s shoes). And how could I forget the pigs – hibiscus and buttercup are cute as ever, love all the windfall apples and pears and their daily belly rubs. Buttercup will grace the 2016 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir label, and of course will make more delicious pork chops, bacon, prosciutto, lard, sausage, coppa roast… yes, we eat well.<br /><br />My very best to all of you, thank you for enjoying our wine, making the trek out to see us or taking the time to say hi at an event. We cannot do this without you. <br />cheers! Brian and Clare<br />
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From wet western Oregon – we are thrilled the days are getting
longer and warmer with a bit more sunshine. We are also thrilled to
have some terrific wines from 2015 to offer – our 2015 Willamette valley
Pinot noir and Chardonnay with of course the Pelos Sandberg Pinot that
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Ten years into this crazy Oregon
adventure Clare and I still shake our heads in disbelief at who and
what surround us – We have great team here at the farm, our
winemaking/winegrowing community, the vendors we work with and of course
our customers, YOU! Who keep coming back for more is most humbling and
encouraging at the same time – motivating us to continue to strive to
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We began labeling the 2015 wines Feb 6 and just finished – 3.5 weeks to
apply art to the front of each bottle and wrap to protect it. The first
couple years Clare and I did this together, maybe with a friend or two,
and then even just 150 cases took forever, but we felt then and still do
today that dressing each bottle shows how important they all are to
us. Now that we are making a bit more wine we hire a small crew, train
them and then work with them every day to ensure all goes well.<br />
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response is the wines are stunning, I am stunned by them. I put the
blends together end of August, bottled them and sent them to the
warehouse and promptly put them out of my mind to focus on the 2016
vintage. We just recently began to try them and I am truly amazed at
what they have blossomed into, both Chardonnay and Pinot alike.
Certainly a knitting together and development is to be expected. I knew
the blends were well crafted and would be very approachable, pleasing
wines, but as one mentor told me – winemaking is part art, part science
and part magic, and certainly there is a lot of magic at play as part of
the 2015 vintage. I have embraced this way of making wine – I think it
gives me the license and ability and boldness to capture the moment of
each vintage, at each vineyard and at BTF.<br />
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As shepherd of each vineyard, each block within and then each small
fermentor I use all of the art and science I know to push the magic in
the right direction – shoving doesn’t work nor does being timid. The
results of all the coercion in 2015 are magical, you have already had a
few – the LPR, Pinot Gris and Edelzwicker. If you like these then the
Pinot noir and Chardonnay are sure to please (hopefully) as well –
lithe, taut, plenty of fruit and tannins that will make you remember it
is wine for a couple years. Not surprisingly the benefits of magic can
also have unintended consequences – the unforeseen drawbacks, and while
the 2015’s are delicious they have decided to deposit more of a sediment
than I would like or we normally see in a young wine. I do not know
why this has happened, the racking (moving the wine out of barrel, off
the lees) went really well. I rack every barrel myself while Jeff is
close at hand and does all the many other important tasks. We plan and
prepare for the prebottling racking and yet with true magic there is
always mystery. This sediment is really only a small inconvenience and
most wines eventually throw some as they age, but for some reason our
2015’s have chosen to do so a little bit sooner than we expected – yet
please believe me they are DELICIOUS!<br />
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In addition to the magic, I
have always believed that wine has vitality to it, that like all life,
is finite and therefore I take a less is more approach once we have
guided the fruit from vineyard to barrel. Once in barrel the wine
continues to ferment until all the sugar and malic acid are consumed,
hopefully by late December or early January, but sometimes not. We add a
little sulpher and top the barrels regularly, but mostly we just let
the wines rest and settle in barrel. As the bottling date nears we
gently move the wine out of barrel into a blending tank, mix and we are
ready to bottle, no filtering or other processing that might take some
of the nourished “vitality” away.<br />
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September. Early bud break and flowering with good set, set the stage.
We knew we would have a long growing season ahead so the prudent gamble
was to leave a little more fruit on the vines to slow maturation down
so we could finish ripening in the shorter cooler days of late September
and early October. This gamble paid off and as I believe you will
taste, exceptionally balanced Pinot noir and Chardonnay with amazing
aromatics, mouth filling flavors and yet the ethereal feeling of
weightlessness.<br />
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<b>2015 Willamette valley Chardonnay –</b><br />
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poured this wine at the Oregon Chardonnay Celebration with 40 other
Oregon wineries – what a fun Saturday afternoon! Our ’15’s showed
beautifully and were well received. Selling Oregon Chardonnay today
reminds me of our early days with the Laughing Pig Rose – I often had to
cajole people into trying it, because I know it is great and it is
different that what they expect it to be. Now, dry rose has many fans
and I hope that we continue to build the same understanding and
enthusiasm for Oregon Chardonnay. I enjoy making it and Clare and I
both enjoy drinking it. As I have said many times, if we can make
decent Pinot noir we should also be able make Chardonnay. <br />
Sourced
from the same 6 Willamette valley vineyards as 2014, barrel fermented in
French oak (about 10% new) with yeast that blew in the door. We
bottled after 11 months of aging without filtration or fining. I think
this wine will steal your heart, it has a special place in mine. The
label is one of Clare’s honey bees humping a thistle, 950 cases
produced, $45<br />
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<b>2015 Willamette valley Pinot noir –</b><br />
This wine
leaps out of the glass with fruit and spice and doesn’t let up until
long after you have set your glass down – unless of course you take a
perfect bite of anything – it will ALL taste better! This wine is a
true representation of the northern Willamette valley as all 8 pinot
sites I work with end up in this bottling, from south of Salem to north
of Forest Grove. It would be arrogant of me to think I could predict
which fruit will turn into the best wine (that magic, remember?) so I
treat all with equal diligence. I think this approach makes this
bottling different but on par with our vineyard designates – it is more
affordable because we make a lot more of it, but it gets the same care
and handling as the rest of the wines. Kirby and Pickle saunter on the
label, they were super cute American guinea hogs and now they are super
delicious. We hope this wine is regular on your table. Please don’t be
afraid to open it and drink it over several days (if possible). I
regularly drink our wines leftover from tastings 2, 3 and even 4 days
later. This is a benefit of youthfulness and the maintenance of
vitality. Regardless, Enjoy! 2393 cases produced $42.<br />
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Year
in and year out the wine that comes from Don Sandberg’s hard work in
the vineyard is always delicious and 2015 is no exception. As the
vineyard matures its’ wines continue to develop even more complexity and
depth, with 2015 at the forefront. My memory says past vintages are
fruit forward and plush (it’s been awhile since I’ve had an older
vintage, even the 14, it has been sold out for quite awhile), while
this wine still has the fruit but maybe more tension, tannin and acidity
to balance the fruit, potentially a more age worthy PSV than past
vintages by my hand. Don is a tremendous farmer and a great friend. He
also makes wine under his own label, from his own fruit, called IOTA.
Clare chose his 3 n’ 1, a cultivation implement, to adorn the bottle.
402 cases bottled, $48<br />
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digit weather this year and a few frozen pipes (none broken though, that
we know of yet) and the brussel sprouts survived. Most everything else
in my garden perished, even the kale. The barn is full of Clare’s
menagerie, dry and warm, 1 cat (Winston), 1 Goatio, 2 horses, 10 cows, 6
of whom we hope Curley (the bull) was able to romance and we will have
baby calves romping in the spring grass soon. We attempted to use
artificial insemination for the first time this year but it was an utter
failure without proper infrastructure, it was a fucking rodeo. We have
learned our lesson and we will invest in some panels and a crowding pen
and give it a try again in 2017, and hopefully Curly can stay home. He
is a nice guy and all but he is still a bull, big, strong and
unpredictable. Clementine and Levi still let us know when you have
arrived most of the time, although Clementine is almost 11 and has let
us know she is definitely only interested in working part time. Instead
of running out to greet you she compromises by barking at you from the
porch… we are still in negotiations regarding this new protocol.<br />
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We
have already seen a few of you with a great trip to Texas and Clare to
the Carolinas for dinners and the Triangle Wine Experience in the
beginning of Feb this year. We are participating in IPNC July 28-30, a
fabulous event, definitely a great weekend of Pinot noir in
McMinnville. We will also be doing a spring release dinner in Portland
late March, the date TBD, so stay tuned!<br />
Also coming mid April – 2016 Laughing Pig Rose, 2015 Earth and Elusive Queen!<br />
2016
Laughing Pig Rose – bottling is scheduled for April 4. 2016 was a
‘normal’ sized vintage, so there will be significantly less rose than
the last two years, also it will be a little more intense, rich but
still all the same tastiness as past vintages, just a little less of it
to go around, so please act quickly once released if you want some. We
will also release 2015 Earth and Elusive Queen mid April – we are also
extremely happy with where/how these wines are and look forward to
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is something about the time change that I think has made me take stock
today. Today is Sunday and Brian and I take Sundays off - today I slept
in went for a run and did some post harvest light housekeeping type
things... not super exciting... but necessary.<br />
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It's days like this give
you a moment to catch your breath. I walked my horses back to the barn
in the dusky evening feeling so damn grateful for all we have had the
ability and support to build here.<br />
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From the dream followed by lots of talking and drawing and planning, to the actual fruition was an amazing journey. I was stretched in ways I never imagined I would be and it pushed me to my limits many times. Today as I thought back over those years, I felt nothing but gratitude to all those that worked with us and especially for those that stuck by us. I look around now and remember the scrappy place that Big Table Farm was when we started and feel both pride and gratitude for what it is today.<br />
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As I came back to the house this evening I could hear a flock of geese in the dark sky as they called to each other I thought about there amazing drive and sense of direction. I sit here this evening wondering about next steps and organizing myself and re-gathering my energy. The upcoming year will hold new projects. I know I have learned many lessons in the last few years about how to enter into this next phase mindfully, being careful of the people I work with, of my husband and of myself. Here's to accomplishment but also doing so mindfully and carefully. <br />
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2016 end of summer brought us bottling the 2015 wines, quickly followed by getting into the vineyard to sample the grapes that came in just a week later for a very early 2016 harvest! </div>
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the very first grapes of 2016!<br />
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The 2016 vintage came fast but we had an amazing crew this year and I think we made some pretty great wines! </div>
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there were a few long days ... but we ate well and also got 'rewarded' by the media this fall as well with a nice spectator score of 93 for our '14 sunnyside, a New York times review of the willamette valley and a stunning 12 page article in the October edition of Sunset!!! the affirmation of our work is awesome and we are once again grateful!!</div>
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We also got some great harvest from the farm ... the big table farm cider project continues and the horses helped out with that!! and the garden just gave and gave and filled our table with some pretty stunning harvest meals! Thank you brian</div>
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Brian and I made our art! and enjoyed the farm this summer!! </div>
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Brian got lots of time in the beautiful garden he made and I got studio time and time with my horses.</div>
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Brian included me in the blending this year more than in the past and we had some pretty romantic sundays in the cellar barrel tastings and building the 2015 blends! It was lovely! </div>
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Romance and Art punctuated the 2016 summer for Brian and I - it was pretty dreamy! </div>
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We certainly are enjoying all the fruits of our work! </div>
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thank you all for being part of this dream! </div>
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Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-79302688689615713752016-10-10T13:55:00.000-07:002016-10-10T14:40:32.544-07:00it's been far too long!! <div style="text-align: center;">
Hello Everyone - I'm FINALLY doing some re-caps here from our amazing summer we've had on the farm. I apologize for being gone from the blog so much -- My phone makes it way to easy to post on instagram and face book and my poor blog is getting short shrift... but rest assured we are still here busy as ever and thriving !! These are some shots both from farm dinners, bringing in hay this summer as well as a super visit with my sister... just some highlights! </div>
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Bringing in the hay is always a highlight of summer for me it's good clean hard work and I have a hand full of great friends that are just crazy enough to come out and help - My buddy Preston is not only game every year but loans us his truck and flat bed with is a great help - Sarah is always game and Jeff I must say is becoming a damn fine farmer both bucking and stacking... Jeff is always there by my side for the whole 30 tons. Thanks this year also goes out to Kevin, Kevin, Lionel, Scott, Tommy and Trevor : ) Cheers Everyone! and thank you! Tommy I will always remember you getting behind the wheel of our pick up for your 'first drive' -- everyones first time behind the wheel should be in a hay field IMO ... </div>
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These next two shots are from my sisters visit - she fit right in from picking tons of blackberries and pulling tansy weed to ironing linens and setting a beautiful table for our amazing farm dinner pre IPNC to pulling on her boots and heading out to the beach with the boys! It was a full and wonderful visit! </div>
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The summer was punctuated by two amazing farm dinners one very small one for 16 special guests at the big table and the Outstanding in the field dinner for 150 at a really big table! Both awesome. Tim Wastell and David Padberg cooked the small dinner. Tim, David, Jobie, Eloise and a hand full of other AMAZING talented humans cooked for the other! -- It's pretty awesome to know that this farm and these wines bring so many together. Thanks go to neringa sunday for the beautiful photos of the outstanding meal http://www.neringasunday.com/ - </div>
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Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-38119151707388039852016-04-11T21:44:00.002-07:002016-04-11T21:44:37.542-07:00Royalty, dirt and a little pig<div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-80ecbde37cfd93726ae8">
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It
seems like just yesterday we sent our last missive, but it has been six
weeks. We hope all who have ordered the first of the fourteen pinots
are enjoying them and are happy with our efforts. We have two new wines
to offer and a reliable favorite. </div>
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Clare
and I have evolved as a winemaker and an artist dramatically since we
started Big Table Farm almost ten years ago. I have gone from using the
memories and wisdom of mentors to creating my own set. The wines that I
make today are certainly still influenced by what I learned from others
so long ago, but I have filled in those lessons with many of my own. I
know what I want to drink and how to push to get there. </div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-np11cj4pRO4/Vwx8VhaGoSI/AAAAAAAANQM/3kF94UPSR_YNu4JiQJXLXqdyIx7awttFQCK4B/s1600/earth_cu.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a>To that
end, the Elusive Queen and Earth most clearly demonstrate what I and
Clare feel represent what we are most proud to share. I joke, but in
all seriousness, if we can’t sell these wines, we will be happy to drink
them ourselves, and at just over 100 cases each we could certainly do
with time. These wines are not for everybody. They are for those who
know and want understand pinot noir and chardonnay, unquestionably some
of you know even more than I.<br />
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With almost 700 cases of chardonnay
and 3000 cases of pinot noir in our cellar for 2014 we felt that we
could pull out the best of the best barrels, blend and bottle them,
without having a dramatic impact on the regular bottlings.<br />
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I hope
that those of you who get to try these wines enjoy them, I hope that
this trial is a success because I would like to continue creating and
exploring the best that I can offer each year with what is presented to
me. Will these blends happen every year? I don’t know.<br />
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I
don’t remember who came up with the name Earth but I chose it. There
were other names bantered about but I chose Earth because it represents
so much and can mean so many different things, interpreted from a
plentitude of angles. It is our home, expansive and tiny at the same
time. Made simply of 118 elements, yet so profoundly complex. We have
known it for generation upon generation yet we continue to make
discoveries, both personally and scientifically. As I write I think
maybe I have chosen a name too grand, but I want this wine to make us
think about our home. Clare and I try to live each day in harmony with
ourselves, each other and all that is around us. We are not religious,
but we try to accept our humanity and try to live within the confines of
our home and what it can support.<br />
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As the wines are a departure
from our past the labels are also an artistic exploration. I remember
the day Clare was working on them. It was a beautiful Sunday (one of
the first we have started to take off). I was in and out of the house as
she worked with focus and intention. I left her alone and when she
finally showed me what she had come up with – I was a little shocked and
asked her what she had been smoking?<br />
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Absolutely
nothing she laughed (not her thing and I know it) and proceeded to
explain the significance of all that had been committed to paper. I
cannot remember all that she explained and I’m not sure I would/should
share if I could. I think it is up to you to make your own inferences,
to add to the enjoyment and mystery of drinking these wines.<br />
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The
name the Elusive Queen is inspired by Clare’s passion for keeping bees.
As you well know, our Willamette valley bottling of chardonnay always
has honey bee inspired drawings, so then should the barrel select.
Clare can tell the story better than I but the name came to her one day
as she was collecting a swarm of bees and wasn’t sure if the swarm
contained the queen, and then she caught a glimpse and knew the swarm
would turn into a successful hive.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bigtablefarm.com/our-wine/#2014-elusive-queen">2014 Elusive Queen Chardonnay</a>, 116 cases produced, 85 dollars<br />
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<a href="http://www.bigtablefarm.com/our-wine/#2014-earth">2014 Earth Pinot noir</a>, 108 cases produced, 105 dollars<br />
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<em>Part II – April 8, 2016. </em> Today
was a great day, cold and clear in the dark this morning as I opened up
the winery to prepare to bottle the 2015 Laughing Pig rosé and
edelzwicker (fall release). This was our fourth time bottling in our
new winery, and it gets easier every time. The bottling went smoothly,
Clare made everybody cornbread and chili for lunch. Jeff and I cleaned
up in the afternoon and now I am sipping 2015 Laughing Pig rose as I
write- admiring the cows graze new spring grass, dogs lazy in the sun on
the porch, and me taking it all in. The wines are TERRIFIC; I am
looking forward to having the Laughing Pig around all summer. I love to
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We are a little soggy after a very wet winter but looking forward to a great 2016 after an amazing 2015. We are excited to have new wines to show and sell this spring! Our 2013’s were well received and we watched the last of them walk out the door a few months ago, we have rested up and are ready for a (hopefully) busy spring and summer. <br /><br />2015 ended with a bang for us. Harvest was fantastic; we had a great team, thank you to all! And especially Clare, who fed the whole gang. The fruit was perfectly ripe and bountiful and I hope/think we have succeeded in making some nice wines. I will let you be the judge of that, soon, our Laughing Pig Rose will be bottled April 8 and ready to ship shortly thereafter. And then… one rainy December morning our phones started ringing… and didn’t stop for two days. Our 2012 Willamette Valley Pinot noir had been selected as #11 on the Wine Spectator top 100 wines of the year – we had no idea this was coming until the first congratulatory phone call. I am still stunned and honored to be estimated for inclusion on such a list, and so near the top. Additionally we have received tons of great press from many others, best to check it out on the <a href="http://www.bigtablefarm.com/press-and-reviews/">website</a> lest my head get to big recounting it all.<br /><br />We have settled into the winery nicely, our second vintage was much smoother than the first, the kinks have been ironed out and all the details that make a difference were in place. </div>
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The wines we have to present to you this spring are the 2014 versions of wine we have been making for a few years now – Willamette Valley Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pelos Sandberg vineyard Pinot noir and one new addition, a southern Oregon Syrah.</div>
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The Wines of Our Spring 2016 Release</h3>
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<b>2014 Willamette Valley Chardonnay</b> – warmer vintages present great opportunities to capture the best that chardonnay has to offer. 2014 saw the addition of fruit from the Shafer Vineyard, planted in the early 1970’s. I have finally convinced Miki Shafer that we are worthy of her fruit. The older clone planted on her property maintains it’s acidity as it ripens, much like the chardonnay from the Wirtz vineyard. I think these older clones blend amazingly well with the newer plantings found at Durant, Yates Conwill and Bieze vineyards. Our basket press was used along with piseage a ped (foot stomping) which has changed the nature of our wine. The brief contact of skins, stems and juice has given our white wines a slight “grip” that I think has taken them to a whole new level of delicious. All other aspects have remained the same – barrel fermented, some new but mostly used, batonage, malo lactic complete and the wine went from barrel to bottle as directly as possible. The chardonnay offered today is sure to please. 680 cases of our Willamette Valley chardonnay produced – adorned by bee boxes. <a href="http://www.bigtablefarm.com/our-wine">45 dollars/bottle</a></div>
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<br /><b>2014 Pelos Sandberg Vineyard Pinot noir </b>– working with my friend Don Sandberg is just plain old fun. He is a constant perfectionist yet doesn’t take himself too seriously. Consequently he grows damn good grapes and shares them with us. I try not to fuck up his good work. In 2014 he offered us half an acre of Wadensville, in addition to the acre each of 777 and Pommard we have been buying since 2010. I was so excited I didn’t even check with Clare, I just said yes. The addition of the wild and brambly Wadensville clone has given this normally hedonistic wine an air of nobility – but don’t worry – it still has all the fruit, spice and silkiness of past vintages. Don got a new tractor that he was proud of so we put it on the label. 334 cases produced, <a href="http://www.bigtablefarm.com/our-wine">48 dollars/bottle</a></div>
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<br /><b>2013 Syrah </b>– we have always had a soft spot for syrah, maybe even an Achilles heel, so we jumped when the opportunity came to work with Oregon fruit. The Rogue valley in southern Oregon is much warmer and dryer than our home in the northern Willamette, and gives this thick skinned variety what it needs to ripen. The 2013 vintage was an entirely different animal is southern Oregon - long and warm – the fruit came in well after we had put all the Pinot into barrel. Dark fruits, balanced acid, tannin and richness make this a beauty. And back to the beginning, knife, fork and spoon on the label. 195 cases produced, <a href="http://www.bigtablefarm.com/our-wine">48 dollars/bottle</a></div>
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<br />Other Announcements<br />Over the past couple of years most of you have come to know Tiffany Stevens and her adept abilities of seamlessly getting your wine to you, navigating each of your state’s shipping, licensing, taxing and weather intricacies. Sadly she is moving to greener pastures, we wish her only the best. Fortunately she has spent the last six weeks training her replacement (is that possible?) Sarah Egeland, who is more than capable. Sarah has fit right in with the quirkiness that makes big table farm and we look forward to working with her. <br /><br />We hope that 2016 is fruitful and fun for all – we look forward to seeing you at one of the many events we are participating in (or hosting). July 9 we are hosting Outstanding in the Field again. We will host a spring release dinner again at Simpatico dining hall, date still TBD. Clare will be in Chicago and the Midwest this spring and I will head to Atlanta for the High Museum wine auction end of March. There is more in the works that we will apprise you of in our next missive for the Laughing Pig Rose early April.</div>
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Clare Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10254683854176948135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849462454755513887.post-29691481626979294952016-02-28T20:16:00.000-08:002016-02-28T20:16:08.344-08:00this weekend was all white wine and oysters!! : ) Brian spoke at the chardonnay celebration and we got to try his wine along with 4 other winemakers wine from one vineyard it was very cool!! Oregon Chardonnay is happening people... pale, clean and bright with beautiful acid and delicate fruit, flowers and citrus all peeking out and in perfect balance...<br />
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I lost a hive which is always bitter sweet with the sweet part being a mid winter harvest of honey.</div>
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brian's epic summer and fall garden has continued to give as a winter garden! </div>
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the 2015 bean harvest was spectacular </div>
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we may have enjoyed one or two bottles of the elusive queen (to be released later this spring) </div>
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we spent 3+ weeks of our year in the warehouse </div>
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Brian and I have had fun successful foraging forays around the farm for mushrooms and truffles! </div>
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A little barrel tasting with my sweetie!! </div>
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and a few winter naps for me too! </div>
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Winston and Goatio are bff's </div>
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so another year behind or in front of us depending on perspective... live each day fully and have a good time because it's a matter of perspective ... </div>
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