SARAH O’HERRON: “So this is Cabernet Sauvignon, that’s still on the vines. So they’re coming along.”
REPORTER: “So when will these be ready?”
SARAH O’HERRON: “ Two weeks maybe? They’re getting close, though.”
FAITH LAPIDUS: Ms. O’Herron tastes a grape and looks at its seeds.
SARAH O’HERRON: “And then these skins are still a little bit crunchy still. A little tannic, but not so much. It’s getting, these guys are getting close, which is good.”
DOUG JOHNSON: Ms. O’Herron shows us containers of newly picked Pinot Noir grapes. These grapes are now going through the wine process we talked about earlier.
Ed Boyce and Sarah O’Herron once worked as business professionals. But they spent a great deal of time travelling around the world and researching wine and the wine industry.
They decided to change careers and make wine their life’s work. They bought the farm that would become Black Ankle Vineyards in two thousand two. Their first full harvest was in two thousand six.
We asked Ms. O’Herron about the difficulties of being a winemaker.
SARAH O’HERRON: “First and foremost, it’s farming. We grow everything here right on this farm, so you are very much beholden to the weather, just like any other kind of farming. This year has been mostly a hot dry year, that’s generally good for us. But we can have a big rain storm, we just had a bunch of rain, and that will make an impact.”
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