Polk County News
16A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 28, 2016
Harvest: winemakers seek complex flavors in pinot
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Cooks expects that har-
vest will continue at Cherry
Hill for another two to three
weeks.
Monday, the winery crew
spent the day monitoring
the fermentation of fruit
harvested on Sept. 19, the
vineyard’s earliest start to
date.
“We will be pressing and
barreling the first pinot in
the next couple of days,”
Cooks said. “That’s pretty ex-
citing.”
Johns is hoping to avoid
the on and off rain cycles
that can happen in October.
The vineyard had a good
start last weekend, thanks to
volunteers.
Emerson hosted a “har-
vest party” of sorts on Sun-
day, inviting wine club
members to help pick its
block of Marechal Foch
grapes.
The variety is a French-
American hybrid that is less
susceptible to disease and
funguses that can plague
European strains. Johns said
the block is nearly hands-off
for him.
“All I do is prune them in
the winter and pick them in
the fall,” he said.
Picking them is the tricky
part, though.
The variety produces
small grapes and clusters,
making them undesirable
for professional pickers as
they are paid by weight.
Johns usually imports stu-
dents from Oregon State
University to pick the
grapes, but that option was
off the table this year. He
tried harvesting the block on
his own — hauling in 600
pounds per day and not
making much of a dent.
He sent an email to the
winery’s wine club members
asking for assistance and a
crowd of about 20 people
showed up ready to pick.
The block was finished in
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about three hours and the
volunteer pickers were treat-
ed to lunch — and wine, of
course.
Amanda Kelly, the owner
and operator of wine tour
business Oregon Posh, was
among those lending a hand
Sunday. It was her first
hands-on experience with
harvest.
“The Oregon wine com-
munity is really family ori-
ented,” she said. “I drive the
tours, but I also help out the
wineries when I have the
day off,” she said.
As for the rest of the vine-
yard, Johns will keep an eye
on the rain forecast, but
something else will take
precedence.
“I can’t pick until the fla-
vors are right,” Johns said.
“That’s the main thing.”
JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer
A Cherry Hill employee monitors fermenting wine.
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