Realizing that Pinot noir wine is not usually derived from a single vine but a multitude of differing clones of Pinot, it has become apparent that the Pinot noir wines one acquires from differing geographic areas at times have differing characteristics of flavor, aroma, fragrance and mouthfeel. Thus, Pinot noir reflects the environment of its
There has always been the question of which closure is preferred with wine: cork versus screw-top (RO - roll on) closures. The comparison is probably much like the phrase "comparing apples and oranges" since they are differing means of providing the same result and have similar but not identical purposes and effects. Cork closures have
As some of you may know, the Ardiri Winery tasting room was added to the production facility in 2010 after several years of having been a commercial production facility only without public access. Originally, as a production facility only housing wine making equipment as well as hardware for both production and storage, formal facilities for
Many of you are aware that at Ardiri Winery, our wines contain a blending of several clones of Pinot Noir that enhance the experience of enjoying our wines. Pinot Noir is the famous red grape of Burgundy, France. It is often considered to have arisen in southern Gaul (now France) about the time of the
The vineyard spacing at Ardiri Winery & Vineyards is somewhat unique. Described by some as "Burgundian," the meter by meter spacing (39 inches between each vine in a row, with the rows each being 39 inches wide) provides for more vines per acre (approximately 2000) and more tonnage per acre. This distance and planting method
In the distant past, when adequate understanding of the maceration process was minimal, light colored wines were frequent. However, with the advent of studies of wine pigments and their origin in the grape skins, winemakers had more control of color formation and began producing purely red and purely white wines. Rosé wine then became an
The story of Ardiri, the winery's name, begins in 2006, shortly before the winery was purchased from the Andrus Family Trust. Our small vineyard in the Carneros AVA region of the Napa Valley had that year provided several tons of Pinot Noir grapes needing a winery in which to be processed into wine. The wine
Until the development of DNA sequencing, the best evidence for varietal origin of Pinot Noir came from physical comparison of the leaves and fruit of the vines with others, called "Ampelography." Such data, for example, was very useful when cultivars diverged from a common ancestor via a mutation in the DNA of the vine. So, for
