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Fans and Followers of Horan Estates Winery:

Can you believe it has been an entire year since I last provided an update to our wine page? I apologize for the massive delay, but lots of good things have happened since my last writing. We were able to harvest all our grapes from the vineyard last fall, despite barely adequate heat units. We crushed enough Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Cab Franc to fill 18 barrels of what we believe will end up being fantastic wine! Beth and Dennis were initiated into the winemaking process and thoroughly enjoyed the crushing, fermenting, pressing and barreling process. We have since sold out of our 2005 vintage of HVH Red Blend, CWM Syrah, and 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon. We are presently well into sales on the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 HVH Red Blend ( Double Gold Medal at the 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition) and 2006 CWM Syrah. The 2006 CWM Syrah took  a gold medal at the first ever NCW Wine Awards held last  fall. We also expect to be releasing a 2011 Viognier sometime this summer for the first time! Things at the vineyard are progressing in a much normal process due to warmer spring weather. I am planning on only making Syrah this this fall, plus what might end up being a very interesting HVH Red blend of Malbec and Cabernet Franc. I have sold all the remaining grapes to outside winemakers. We will also be releasing our 2007 HVH Red Blend sometime by the end of summer or early fall.

Remember to visit our Tasting Room in Cashmere, and if  we have time, we can take you through our now fuctional production facility in the warehouse next door! Thank you for your patronage over the past year, and I will do my best to keep the Website udated more often.

 

Cheers!

Doug McDougall

Winemaker

 

Horan Estates Winery plans on developing a new business model that will emphasize the aggressive marketing of their award winning red wines from the 2005 vintage. Both the 2006 and 2007 vintages are in the bottle and will be released once they have been submitted for local and national judging. Doug will begin winemaking operations again with the 2011 vintage, which comes from the Westhill Vineyard he manages on the Royal slope in the Columbia Basin.

After a seven year partnership with our great friends Ross and Kelly Riedinger, Doug and Diana have purchased the Riedingers’ interest in the winery and will assume the role of sole ownership of Horan Estates Winery effective October 30, 2010. Through the years, the McDougalls and Riedingers have developed strong ties of family, mutual respect and friendship. Without their hard work and dedication to the business, Horan Estates Winery would not be the success that it is today. We know they will have fun crafting high quality hobby batches of wine for family and friends at their home on Wenatchee Heights.