Vineyard

Before we dive into why we farm in the Adelaida District AVA, let’s quickly clear up what an AVA is. AVA stands for American Viticultural Area, which essentially means a designated wine-growing region with unique environmental factors—like climate, soil, and geography—that shape the grapes. Think of an AVA as a wine’s “home address,” where the…

By this time last year, the whole estate had been picked and grapes were happily fermenting in the cellar. With the way harvest has gone so far, it brings to mind a song by Crosby, Stills and Nash, “It’s Been a Long Time Gone.” More specifically the lyric: “Appears to be a long time, it’s…

As you know, the first quarter of this year was just all about water. You could say that “Cry Me a River” by Julie London in 1956, a very good year by the way, was the theme of January-March. Or perhaps if you’re from a younger generation, it brings to mind Justin Timberlake singing “Cry…

As we spring into a new season, it’s incredible to see the vineyard coming to life. We haven’t drowned in Paso quite yet, although the team agrees…we came close. We didn’t want to change the world, but one of these days, we did want to start a winery. So we did. Ten years ago. A decade.…

Most of us wine enthusiasts have heard the phrase “winemaker’s vintage.” This term has been getting a lot of play lately in Paso Robles when describing the 2022 growing season and vintage. The best way to understand the term is to consider that at Sixmilebridge, Anthony and his team work hard to intervene as little…

The Sixmilebridge estate had a good growing season through August. While we did not get much rainfall in January through March, our temperatures did not spike much either on the low end or high end. We had comparatively warmer weather than usual, which did give us the second earliest start of our seven harvests, 2016-2022.…

Summer in Paso Robles means hot days, cool nights, and fruit development in the vineyards! Closing out 2021, we were experiencing one of the wettest winters in recent memory. With this great start to our rainy season, hopes were high. But in the first quarter of 2022, if John Fogarty was asking “have you ever…

Spring has sprung for the seventh time at Sixmilebridge! As we usher in the new season, the estate teems with life. Seen from a distance, a vineyard looks much the same year after year. Upon closer inspection, growth is evident when measuring the circumference of the trunk. Pruning wrapped up by mid-February. Our vineyard crew…

Rain and California aren’t always synonymous, but what is considered our “wet” season is starting to wrap up. January and February under-performed significantly, but March and April made good strides in the right direction!