tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80814009631334599972012-02-16T00:30:18.389-08:00Located on the slopes of Mt. Konocti in Lake County, CA, the Talleyrand micro-winery produces distinctive wines of special character from its 1.6 acre estate vineyard of Rhone Grapes. The winery is named after the vintners' cat, Talleyrand, who was named for Talleyrand the diplomat, owner of the famous Ch. Haut-Brion winery in the early 1800's. Talleyrand savors his life around the Winery, having fully recovered from the lame leg that linked him to his French namesake.Billnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081400963133459997.post-90103337119748851912010-08-28T18:02:00.000-07:002010-08-29T10:38:49.720-07:00The three weekend harvests of 2009 featured the three P''s&nbsp; Picking,&nbsp; Production and Parties, always a fun time at this tiny Lake Country Winery.<br /><br />Some photos from the 2009 harvest:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmaYxFlkDI/AAAAAAAAAMU/4Kt0bErDhq4/s1600/Harvest09_40+Stomping+grapes+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmaYxFlkDI/AAAAAAAAAMU/4Kt0bErDhq4/s320/Harvest09_40+Stomping+grapes+sml.jpg" width="320" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crushing grapes the European way. . we don't really do this.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmdtxOa0bI/AAAAAAAAAMc/sjTIHcU48Pc/s1600/picking+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmdtxOa0bI/AAAAAAAAAMc/sjTIHcU48Pc/s320/picking+sml.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Enthusiastic pickers toiling in the wonderful Lake County sunshine</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmg7xlcrZI/AAAAAAAAAMk/cmqO_AKxZsY/s1600/MMM+Harvest+09+2_04+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmg7xlcrZI/AAAAAAAAAMk/cmqO_AKxZsY/s320/MMM+Harvest+09+2_04+sml.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winery production is all about SUPERVISION!</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmiFu9I_QI/AAAAAAAAAMs/3ODCFSWsLaE/s1600/Harvest09_28+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmiFu9I_QI/AAAAAAAAAMs/3ODCFSWsLaE/s320/Harvest09_28+sml.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">De-stemming and crushing the 2009 Harvest on fine Italian equipment.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmqaFkSYlI/AAAAAAAAAM0/Y-3-zSO037c/s1600/Harvest+09+2_25+horsdourves+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmqaFkSYlI/AAAAAAAAAM0/Y-3-zSO037c/s320/Harvest+09+2_25+horsdourves+sml.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And..&nbsp; the best part of the day . . FOOD.&nbsp; Enjoying wine and Lake County hors d'oeuvres on the Dali-Dona patio.</div><div style="text-align: center;">. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmrLKXb2GI/AAAAAAAAAM8/HAEsUpl1v1M/s1600/Harvest09_01+dinner+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmrLKXb2GI/AAAAAAAAAM8/HAEsUpl1v1M/s320/Harvest09_01+dinner+sml.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">More food </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmreyHm40I/AAAAAAAAANE/n60DdH06s0A/s1600/Aug+28+09_1_sm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmreyHm40I/AAAAAAAAANE/n60DdH06s0A/s320/Aug+28+09_1_sm.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally a beautiful sunset to finish the day.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmvvq2tgJI/AAAAAAAAANM/GzTrJf33N2k/s1600/CAT+5+Wine_5+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmvvq2tgJI/AAAAAAAAANM/GzTrJf33N2k/s320/CAT+5+Wine_5+Small.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here's a winery experiment, being evaluated by Talleyrand the cat.&nbsp; Hoping that some fabulous yeasts might be living right in our vineyard, we conducted a small test "natural" fermetation. Good thing for the Lallemand company in Montreal, Canada.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">AND two 'side projects' in the Mt. Dali-Dona Vineyard:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THqbDghQJQI/AAAAAAAAANs/-MwnrsyQhr4/s1600/Tractor+2010_2+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THqbDghQJQI/AAAAAAAAANs/-MwnrsyQhr4/s320/Tractor+2010_2+sml.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbara's roses and Bill on the tractor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmxYSzf9tI/AAAAAAAAANc/C3m_l0WBz_c/s1600/Corn+Aug+17++sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v6hVb1E0e70/THmxYSzf9tI/AAAAAAAAANc/C3m_l0WBz_c/s320/Corn+Aug+17++sml.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and Bill's vineyard garden withcorn now pushing 9 feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We're looking forward now to the 2010 harvest with, we hope, many friends.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8081400963133459997-9010333711974885191?l=talleyrandwinery.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billnoreply@blogger.com2