July 5, 2005
Bloom in our vineyards
Bloom was several weeks late this year because of the cool and unusually wet spring. Bloom is when bunches of tiny flower buds that look like pinhead size green beads form. Within each cluster the flowers open over a period of several days. Each flower is self-pollinating and only fertilized flowers develop into grapes. High temperatures (90+ degrees), rain and/or wind interfere with fruiting. This year was a struggle with both atypical rain and very windy conditions. Our fingers are crossed that this will reduce crop size (which we typically do by hand anyway) and help the resulting small yield turn into one with very high quality. Excellent for wineries, like ourselves who only use our own estate grapes; not so good for farmers who sell their grapes to other wineries at a set price per ton. Introducing our new Malbec We’re seeing more and more Malbec on the shelves in fine wine shops – mostly from Argentina, where they have 40,466 acres planted. In Bordeaux in southwestern France where it originated, Malbec is a traditional blending grape. Regrettably, there are only 970 bearing Malbec acres (compared to 71,536 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon) out of a total of 440,296 acres of vineyard in California. Consequently, it is very difficult to find Californian Malbecs. Our customers are certainly happy that we produce a Malbec each year. Yet we're sorry that a fair bit of disappointment is caused as our Malbec is most often our first wine to sell out each vintage leaving many long months with no supply. Our Malbec is terrific for summer barbecues, pork ribs or chicken. Or try with teriyaki glazed salmon. Regular Bottle Price $19.00
SIX bottles 2002 Malbec $17.10 Saves 10% TWELVE bottles '02 Malbec $16.15 Saves 15%
Hi-Rollrs Wine Club Members Only Any quantity '02 Malbec $15.20 Saves 20%
FREE SHIPPING on 12 or more bottles shipped via UPS Ground. See our full wine list on our OnLine Wine Shop. July Cartoon © The New Yorker Collection 2002 Leo Cullum from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved.
Save the Date Our local, annual Wine Festival is coming up on August 27th. Please feel free to call us for more details or visit> www.YorkvilleHighlands.org
As always, we sincerely want to thank you for your continued interest in our wines and fantastic support! Deborah & Edward Wallo Founders and Proprietors Yorkville Cellars - Celebrating Our 11 Vintages! © Copyright Yorkville Cellars Inc, 2005 |
"I want Chardonnay, but I like saying 'Pinot Grigio.' " 
