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Markus Wine Co.

Another very nice write-up from Randy Caparoso. This time he focused on Monday's pick of Steve Borra's Church Block planted in 1935.

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lodiwine.com/blog/Harvest-imag

Lodi Winegrape CommissionHarvest images of Church Block, an all-time great historic Lodi vineyardEarly morning harvest morning in Lodi's historic Church Block Vineyard. At the break of dawn this past Monday, September 23, Markus Wine Co. owner/grower/winemaker Markus Niggli and his veteran crew of field hands picked the landmark Church Block Vineyard. Church Block is located just south of the City of Lodi, and is just a postage stamp-sized block (1.5 acres) located just east of the old Borra Vineyards winery and estate, which shuttered in 2019, the year before the death of owner/grower and founder Steve Borra... 
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Loading cartons of fresh grapes into a truck is like working a puzzle for Markus. These Berghold Vineyards Lodi Zinfandel are heading to a Pennsylvania winery with stops at other wineries along the way. Cartons for the first stop are at the rear. Last stop goes into the truck first.

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Photo of back of a semi truck. One man is pushing on a big cardboard carton of grapes with his back to the cameral. Markus is using a pallet jack to help push the pallet that the carton is on.
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Our morning pick of Berghold Vineyards Syrah looking very good. We've got a solid hardworking crew this year. Here they fill thick cardboard shipping boxes right in the vineyard used to ship to wineries throughout the country. In this case our client requested whole clusters. We also crush or press. The boxes are lined with a thick plastic bag then sealed. A lid is strapped on then it's into our chiller to get ready for a refrigerated truck. The white plastic tube is used to keep space open in the center for dry ice to jump start the cooling.

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A vineyard worker faces away from camera on the left front of photo carrying a yellow bin on her head full of grape clusters. She is headed toward two large cardboard bins linked with plastic and almost full of grape clusters in the center of the photo. The bins are between rows of grape vines.
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Happy Grower + Happy Winemaker = Happy Customer
Our first pick of 2024 reds this morning at Nicolini Ranch with Al Nicolini pulling in Ancient Vine Lodi Carignane. We help manage our source vineyards and even pick into a hundred tiny bins when it helps our wonderful winery clients.

Markus and a woman smile as they hold on to small full bins of grapes driving by the photographer on the back of a tractor.
Looking from above down on Markus and Al each holding a dark blue-ish cluster of grapes leaning on a whitish plastic bin full of the same grapes. They are both smiling and talking.
A field worker mostly obscured by a tree-like green grapevine as he tosses a cut off blue-ish grape cluster into a gray small harvest bin resting on the ground.
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Not quite there yet. At least another week or so before we pick these big dark Petite Sirah clusters from Corey's Block in Lodi. They are currently at 21.1 Brix 3.43 pH. We are liking these daily high temps that are dipping into the upper 70's. We may bring in our first reds this Friday. For whites, all but Viognier is in and pressed.

Markus is wearing sunglasses and smiling as he stands in the vineyard holding up in his hand a cluster of dark purple grapes that is about the size of his head.
Close up of Markus’s hands. Right hand has a number of greenish seeds and dark purple grape skins. He uses his pruning shears to point to a greenish seed.
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Sampling. Sampling. Sampling!

Markus heads into the Corey's Block Petite Sirah in Lodi. This is a new source for us that already has intense flavor. From tasting, Markus guesses it's at 22 Brix right now. He'll hand crush the clusters and test them back in our winery lab in Victor.

Markus walks on dirt road near ends of vine rows, carrying a white 5 gallon bucket, wearing sunglasses and T-shirt and smiling.
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