Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013!Celebrate...

Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013!

Celebrate the last day of 2012 at HANNA Winery. We are open today until 4pm. Come purchase that last minute bottle of HANNA wine, perfect for saying hello to a new year.

Have a safe New Year's Eve!
Cheers!

4 Shopping Days Left! Avoid the...

4 Shopping Days Left!

Avoid the crowd, panic and stress! Purchase a HANNA wine club membership for the person on your list who "has everything". Give us a call at (707) 431-4310; one of our Hospitality Associates will answer all of your questions.

Cheers!

"The Winemaker Cooks" Winter Recipe

Winter is sweater and scarf season in wine country, perfect time for one of our Bismark Mountain reds! Try pairing the 2010 Bismark Zinfandel with the Winemaker's "Paella Valenciana Mixta". It's the perfect meal for a cold Sunday in or a holiday gathering. The warm, hearty, rich flavors guarantee this meal will be an instant hit.



http://www.hannawinery.com/food-and-wine/recipes/by-wine-pairing/paella-valenciana-mixta
  

HANNA Holidays

Our Alexander Valley grapes are feeling festive! Red and gold leaves against the green grass; it's the perfect setting for a quick shopping break. Come sit, sip on our Bismark Merlot and enjoy being in wine country. You may even find the perfect gift for that person who has everything.
  
  
  

A Wee HInt

Yesterday i captured this ephemera,the terminus of which is smack dab in the middle of our Slusser Road Sauvignon blanc vineyard.  A mere coincidence? Or is there a bit of that thing which trades at around 1700 per ounce in our future? 

  

Edward Deitch writes about the 2009 HANNA Cabernet Sauvignon on "Vint-ed"

Check out the review about the 2009 HANNA Cabernet Sauvignon by

Edward Deitch "A wine critic's sips and swirls"





http://www.vint-ed.com/2012/12/sips-classic-california-cabernet.html
  

The 2012 Hanna SB is in bottle

Believe it or not we have already finished our first bottling of 2012 Sauvignon blanc. During the big storms starting Nov 29  We sandbagged the winery and then moved the bottling trailer inside and bottled while it poured outside.

With the late harvest it took a huge effort from our production staff to get the wine fermented to dryness, blended and filtered in record time. And the stuff is great to boot!

 


  

HANNA Wine Club "Pick-Up" Party

The sun sets over our Alexander Valley tasting room. Thus ends a fun day of meeting, eating and tasting with our HANNA wine club members. We offered perfect parings of HANNA wines and Cousteaux French Bakery's pastries. Everyone left full and happy.
  

FALL Colors throughout Alexander Valley

This picture was taken from the veranda looking out to the entire Alexander Valley. This is one of the best times of year to come to the winery. Come capture amazing views and enjoying wonderful wine!
  

Alexander Valley Holiday Open House 2012

Need a break from Black Friday shopping? Head out to the Alexander Valley Holiday Open House!
HANNA Winery is kicking off the holidays in style. For $20 per person receive a 2-day tasting pass to seven wineries, exquisite food and discounts on wine. Plus you keep your wine glass. Participating wineries include HANNA Winery & Vineyards, SodaRock, White Oak Vineyards & Winery, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Johnson’s Alexander Valley Wines, Medlock Ames and Field Stone Winery & Vineyards.
Event takes place 11am to 4pm Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th. Open to everyone!

Big weekend of wine tasting and no...

Big weekend of wine tasting and no driver? HANNA Winery recommends Grape Escapes Limousine. Jake Romanow is a perfect choice. He will make it a safe, wine-filled weekend for everyone.

www.grapelime.com

Food & Wine Affair 2012: What's All the Buzz About?

Food & Wine Affair weekend has begun! HANNA Winery, Russian River and Alexander Valley, is excited to be apart of this phenomenal Wine Road event. Enjoying exquisite food and delicious wine with friends. What more could a person want?

Stay safe East Coast!!! Sending...

Stay safe East Coast!!! Sending positive thoughts and prayers to everyone in hurricane Sandy's path.

Winemaking Math

After a gazillion pump-overs this past week, we drained and pressed six Cab tanks today, creating eight new Cab lots. Doesn't add up you say? Let me clarify: 2 obsessive winemakers + 96,000 lbs of fermenting Cab must = 7 exhausted cellar workers + 1 frenzied lab tech + 1 harried production asst + 4 "Free Run" Cab tanks + 2 "Low Press" Cab tanks + 2 "High Press" Cab tanks. Translation for the non-mathematically gifted: 8,500 gallons of incredible HANNA 2012 Cab!
  

Machine Harvesting Hanna Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Late Thursday night, into Friday morning we harvested 45 tons of Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with a Pellenc mechanical harvester. This new harvester collects amazingly clean grapes, made even better with a optical sorter which removes any flawed berries and MOG ("Materials Other than Grapes, primarily leaves and stems).

Photo 1: Just after the crescent moon set on the night of Thurs 10/18, we began setting up to harvest AV Cab blocks 3 and 4 from our Red Ranch. Here, the Pellenc harvester is getting ready to begin the night's work. Photo 2: Mechanical harvesters work by vibrating the berries off the rachis. This is a vine just stripped of its berries. Photo 3: Many harvesters require that the tractors drive in tandem to collect the grapes. The Pellenc has on-board tanks that will hold the grapes until they're ready to go into the bins. Looking like a real-life Transformer, the Pellenc lifts the tanks up and out to dump the grapes. Photo 4: After the grapes come in from the vineyard, they are dumped into the Gimbre. Yes, that is our Alexander Valley tasting room in the background. Photo 5: Holding about 1.5 tons, it takes about 30 min to completely empty the Gimbre onto the sorting table, dropping just a few grapes at a time. Photo 6: The lighted bar is the where the berries are sorted. If the sensitive camera detects a pink berry, piece of a leaf, etc., a blast of air will divert it from the main stream and it will be culled to the side in the "bad grape" bin. Photo 7: Winemaker Jeff Hinchliffe and Christine Hanna check the quality of the first sorted bin-beautiful.




  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Friends enjoying HANNA wine at The Farm House at Persimmon Creek

Here are some friends enjoying the HANNA Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvingon at The Farm House at Persimmon Creek in Clayton, Georgia.
For more information go to: http://www.thefarmhouseatpersimmoncreek.com/index.html
or contact: vincent@thefarmhouseatpersimmoncreek.com

Hanna Chardonnay Harvest 2012

With 26 tons of Home Ranch Chardonnay, our 2012 Chardonnay havest has begun! At a fabulous 24.4 Brix, the grapes were delicious, and the wine will be too!! Photo 1: Until yesterday our Home Ranch Chardonnay was cosseted in veils of green netting. 2: Yesterday afternoon, after they were done removing nets, the vineyard crew brought in the lights and bin-towing tractors. 3: This morning at 3:00 am, the vineyard crew began harvesting our Home Ranch Chardonnay. They move amazingly fast--running from vine to vine. 4: By 5:00 am, they were 2/3 done picking, and Tom had the bins weighed and lined up for the first press load. 5: By 6:30 am, the first load for our Diemme press was loaded, and the free run was pouring out. The vineyard crew took 3 hours to the Chard, and the cellar crew took 14 hours to press it (clean-up included).
  
  
  
  
  

<3 Hanna Cabernet Sauvignon

We love Cabernet Sauvignon. Apparently, the feeling is mutual ;)
  

Pressing 2012 Bismark Zin :D

Draining and pressing Bismark Zinfandel is a festive event. Isaac even dressed for the occasion! (L to R: Juan, Isaac, Chilo)
  

Good Morning

This morning's shining Venus above the waning crescent Moon was a lovely sight. What a beautiful way to start the day!
  

Thanks Jeff!

To celebrate the end of our 2012 Sauvignon Blanc harvest, Winemaker Jeff Hinchliffe treated the cellar crew to a delicious lunch. We rarely eat lunch all together during harvest- especially when we are pressing. Who's watching the press, you may ask- Jeff, of course, using a forklift as his golf cart to run between the table and the press. Photo 1 (in the shade): (L to R) Fernando Mendoza, Consolacion Chavez, Tom Bertoli and Gery Swallow. Photo 2 (in the sun) Standing: (L to R) Juan Delira and Jeff. Sitting: Chilo Nunez Diaz, Javier Mendoza, Isaac Hinchliffe and Francisco Mendoza. Holding the Camera: Marti Quan (not pictured;)
  

Christine Hanna has a Grape Camp in Alexander Valley

Christine Hanna put on a Grape Camp with a group of people associated with Bevill Vineyard management. The group picked a whole bin of Alexander Valley Cabernet grapes in less than thirty minutes.

Christine HANNA will at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Presented by Chase

Meet Christine Hanna at Epcot Oct 23rd, 24th and 25th.
"A food and wine lover's paradise awaits you at Epcot with the 17th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Presented by Chase!"
"From tasty tapas and refreshing beverages to celebrity chef demonstrations and rock star performances, there's something to satisfy every taste and interest."
For more information: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/special-events/epcot-intern...

How sweet it is!!!

Three tons of Cabernet Sauvignon from our Bismark Mountain Vineyard were harvested yesterday. The grapes were so tasty that we couldn't stop eating them. At a beautiful 29 Brix, is it any wonder?!
  
  
  
  
  

Chillin' with HANNA Sauvignon Blanc

To keep today's 2012 Sauvignon Blanc juice cool, we made liberal additions of dry ice to the press pan. To cool down after work, I'll go for a glass of the 2011 ;)
  

Malbec Harvest 2012

Mmmm, smells like fresh-baked blackberry pie! Last week we harvested 22 tons of Malbec grapes from our Alexander Valley Red Ranch- by far our largest Malbec harvest ever. Warmed and beginning to ferment, the whole cellar smelled of berries, and was making everyone hungry. This morning, we drained and pressed the three tanks; we're very impressed by our young Malbec block!