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Monday, November 16, 2009
'95 and '98 Diamond Mountain
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Monday, August 31, 2009
1995 Diamond Mountain Cabernet
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Monday, August 31, 2009
2002 Lokoya
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
2001 Lokoya Howell
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Illinois to New York City
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Monday, January 26, 2009
2002 Mount Veeder
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Location
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Monday, October 20, 2008
2008 Harvest
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Wine Allocations
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Sourcing
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About Christopher: A Chicago native, Carpenter
graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana with a Bachelor of
Science in Biology and the University of Illinois, Chicago with a Masters of
Business Administration. He visited Napa Valley after graduation and realized
his true passion was winemaking. He soon moved to the area and began an
artistic winemaking career.
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Thoughts on the Harvest
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
2007 Harvest
Mr Carpenter,
I was wondering how the 07 harvest is going.
Thanks,
Charles
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Dear Charles,
Its been an interesting harvest, as each is. We started off with an early heat spike that had us bringing in fruit that was collapsing to raisans. About 2/3 of our vineyards were able to weather this and benefited from a long cool spell. We got a little bit of heat last week, but now we're dealing with some early rains. And we still have fruit on the vine. Mother nature is challenging us at each turn. In the winery I have three interns, representing Spain, Chile and Joliet, Illinois, and we redesigned our cellar with 9 new smaller tanks that are helping us further optimze our fermentations. The wines so far taste great, and we've already barrelled down several lots. We have about 60 tons left out on the vine. Wish us luck.
Chris
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Monday, October 20, 2008
2008 Harvest
When do you expect the Cabernet to be harvested this year (2008)?
Cliff
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Our first Cabernet for Lokoya will be off of Mt Veeder, and should start rolling in sometime around the 15th of September. That is if the weather holds.
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Thursday, March 1, 2007
University of Illinois
Another fellow Illini who has done well. Good luck, and Go Illini. As a wine collector and fellow Illini, I will tell you that Lokoya is my favorite.
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Thank you for that.
Is everyone mourning the end of The Chief?
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