Goat Camembert made in house. Gina made a Camembert with goat milk, and, after a month and a half aging,  it turned out quite good. It looked like Camembert, but the taste was a little bit more tangy and less creamy. The challenge was to find a wine to pair it to. We tried several, […]

Are the birds a problem in the vineyard? At first, I said "NO". The birds can have some grapes, as long as they eat the bugs. But when I saw what they can do to a vine, I changed my mind. Some vines completely eaten. The nightmare! It is partially my fault as I didn't […]

Harvest Time at Copper Horse Vineyard: The harvest has started early this year, again. Last Monday we harvested almost a ton of Viognier and, on Wednesday, 2/3 of a ton of Syrah. It took 6 peoples 9 hours to harvest the Viognier, and only 4 hours to harvest the Syrah. Then there is the 1.5 […]

Snake in the Vineyard in English: I was working on my hands and knees pulling grass at the base of the wine when I encountered a 5" snake skin. You know the saying "If it was a snake it would have bitten me", and it was a snake, but just its skin, luckily. Based on […]

Cabernet Blanc in English: The Cabernet Blanc, as I discovered, is a grape, not a wine like White Zinfandel (Pink wine made of Zinfandel). According to the Wikipedia, Cabernet blanc is a white German and Swiss wine grape variety that is a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and an unknown hybrid grape variety. The grape was […]

Wine and weed pairing in English: It seems based on the article referenced below that pairing wine and cannabis is the new thing in California. When will it happen in Washington where weed is already legal? What about Arizona where it failed only by few votes at the last elections? Is there a new market […]

Bugs in the vineyard: There are quite few bugs in the vineyard, but this one was the biggest and the most magnificent. I'm talking about the "Long-Jawed Longhorn Beetle" that I saw on a leaf of a vine. It feeds on fruit, normally of Saguaro, prickly pear cacti, but today, special, on Copper Horse Vineyard […]

Rocks, my enemies, my friends, in English: There are many rocks in the vineyard at CHV. Everywhere as a matter of fact. They are rough when driving or walking on them. They damage the blades of the mower. And there are so many, you can't even take them out. So what can I do? I started […]

Summer, time for snakes and spiders at CHV: We saw few Diamond backs rattlesnakes, and this beautiful, about 5 feet, Gopher snake, who likes to eat baby rattle snakes. We also saw some Tarantulas out for mating season, and a good size one in between the window and the outside blind. Tarantulas don't climb. This […]

CHV Vines In English: Some weeds are growing mighty fast. I walk the vineyard by irrigation zones, so I walk by the same spot every 5 days...So you can imagine my surprise when I saw a piece of vegetation almost 5 feet tall. Luckily when it grows that fast it's easy to pull out from […]