Sycamore Ranch Vineyard & Winery

Bottled these two beauties a week ago. A barrel fermented, sur lie aged Roussanne, & a Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre co-fermented dry Rose. To be released this Spring! #roussanne #rosé #mountainwinery #sycamoreranch #crestline #lakearrowhead #centralcoastwine

It’s the day when next years poured wines get bottled. Marathon bottling truck from Temecula arrived right on time at 6:30am.

My Dog Luna, waiting to drive me back to the winery this morning. #mansbestfriend #sycamoreranch #designateddriver

We’ve been quiet for the last week because we’ve been very very busy. We’ve just moved all the 2020 wines from tank to barrel, and moved all the 2018 & 2019 wines that are ready to bottle from barrel to tanks for final blending. With the help of @marathonbottling, we expect to bottle 722 cases of fine wine Dec 12th!

Our last press of the year @lawsapples cider mill; 6000lbs of Arkansas Blacks, Winter White Pearmain, Northern Spy & Rome Beauty. We actually farm these beauties in Dart Canyon from our own orchards. All of our ciders are fresh pressed heirloom apples! Cheers & happy Saturday:) #craftcider #heirloomapples #sycamoreranchvineyardandwinery

Yesterday was our last grape pick of the season; our estate Zinfandel & Syrah! These grapes are grown at snow level and Co fermented to make up our award winning Altitude 4576. This was our best harvest to date, and even a few weeks sooner than normal. To be released 2022! #sycamoreranch #mountainwinery #crestline #lakearrowhead #craftwine

We’ve never before entered the Central Coast Wine Competition, held at the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles. What makes it special is that your wine must have been produced with grapes from the Central Coast AVA & that so many top-tier wineries from Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo & Monterey Counties participate. Honored to be recognized with the best of California’s wineries! #sycamoreranchvineyardandwinery #mountainwinery #craftwine

Roussanne Barrel Fermentation in the house! #roussanne #barrelfermented #sycamoreranch #lapressavineyard #santaynezava

Last road trip; third this week. Returning with 2000 lbs of Paso Robles Adelaida District Mourvèdre. #2020harvest #sycamoreranch #mountainwinery #pasoroblesava

Pressed 1 ton of Roussanne from La Presa Vineyards in Santa Ynez for barrel ferment (YUM) plus 1.5 tons of Grenache crushed & de-stemmed from Tierra Alta in Ballard on Monday. Back in Ballard Cyn for another 2 tons of Syrah tomorrow. Last run on Friday for 1 ton of Adelaida Dist. Paso Mourvèdre on Saturday. What a week! Great wine coming soon! Apples come in hard next. #sycamoreranch #great-vineyards=great wine #slomopress #mountainwinery

Let the crushing and de stemming of the grapes begin!

Our Roussanne & Grenache grapes were brought back to the ranch by Richard & Craig from Santa Barbara County today!

Winter White Pearmain Hard Apple Cider is being released this weekend! A beautiful Apple & a beautiful, full bodied dry hard cider; available online and at the winery. #winterwhitepearmain #craftcider #drycider #sycamoreranch

Pretty cool little nod to our small winery! Thanks Trip Savvy for the write up! You can copy the link and paste into your browser for the complete 911. https://www.tripsavvy.com/wineries-in-california-outside-of #sycamoreranch #mountainwinery #craftcidery #centralcoastwine #craftwine

Check out #8! Not too bad huh? https://www.tripsavvy.com/wineries-in-california-outside-of

Primitivo Press! #redwinematters #mountainwinery #pasowine #pasorobleswine

Bottling One Frog hard cider today! #hardcider #mountaincider #sycamoreranch #hoppedcider

On the road again! 2020 Paso Robles Petite Sirah headed to the fermenters.

Tomorrow’s pick is Petite Sirah (pic) & Merlot in Paso Robles. We usually drive up the day before picking, drop off our Macrobins at the vineyards and then try to find something to occupy our time with while we wait for the sun to come up the next day. First diversion was a nice visit at Alta Colina winery with Bob Tillman, then onto Tin City to sip a little cider, then last stop at BarrelHouse brewery. A perfect trifecta to end the day.