Back to the Mountain
In 1983, the state of this hardscrabble farm was typical of most of the Blue Ridge landscape. It had gone “back to the mountain:” a local expression for overgrown abandoned farms.
Last Call
Linden is soon going into hibernation. We’ll be closing the tasting room for the holidays and the month of January. However, we’ve reached back into our library and are offering several DIY tasting options to help you celebrate the holidays, ring in the New Year, or perhaps hunker down for a blizzard.
Vertical of Village Chardonnay
Evolution of Claret and Petit Verdot
Special Occasion: Avenius and Hardscrabble Reds
Read MoreIn the Barn
All of Linden’s Chardonnay is now “in the barn”. The grapes took full advantage of dry, sunny weather.
Tough Decisions
Our eyes are now on red grapes and the track of Hurricane Ian. We’ll start red harvest on Wednesday. Ian will decide for us how much to pick.
Read MoreStill Waiting
At this writing the sun is bright and a drying wind gusts out of the north. Six hours ago it was damp, foggy, and drizzling. Our erratic growing season seems to want to continue into harvest.
Read MoreTime to Dry out
The vines are looking good. Too good. There is a saying that struggling vines make the best wine. Let’s hope that’s not entirely true. This year the vines are exuberant, lush, green, and happy.
Read MoreToo Many Grapes
So far this summer’s weather has been pretty normal. We’ve avoided any damaging storms, but still have had a modest amount of rainfall. Temperatures have been average to slightly below average. All this makes the vines happy. They demonstrate their bliss by way of exuberant shoot growth along with large and copious clusters.