The view from our deck - a cool December afternoon in the Similkameen Valley.

In the Cellar starting to blend the 2010 reds.

A beautiful "chilly" Similkameen Valley morning.

Today is an inside day; bring on the hot chocolate.

Snow in the Similkameen Valley - pressing our clone 169 Cabernet Sauvignon today, good thing our press is inside.

Snow on the K-Mountain in Keremeos, British Columbia (Similkameen Valley Wine Country)

Our Merlot clone 184 has 20% berry shrivel and is 24.5° brix, great flavours #bcharvest2011

Picking the final block of our Estate Merlot - #bcharvest2011 is 90% complete.

Our terroir!

Fall colours in the Similkameen Valley in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada. #bcwine country

Merlot clones 181/184 crushed/fermented separately & aged in neutral oak so we can evaluate our #terroir. #bcwine

Picked Merlot clones separately, Clone 181 has smaller berries & brix at 24.5°, Clone 184 the brix are at 23.7°

Nice small berries coming in on our clone 181 Merlot #bcwine

#bcharvest2011 On the home stretch; 68% of harvesting complete; snow predicted for Sunday; pick, pick, pick #wine

Picking our top field of clone 181 Merlot #bcharvest2011 #wine

A beautiful sunrise in the Similkameen Valley should be a great day for #bcharvest2011

Picking our Estate Pinot Noir today @Herder_Winery on the Upper Bench in Keremeos #bcharvest2011 #Similkameen

New release 2009 Meritage (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot) $20/bottle #bcwine

I missed the pretty sunrise this morning because I stepped on a bee - how about a double rainbow in the afternoon.

Good morning Similkameen Valley! Hope everyone has a good day of #bcharvest2011