It’s finally here! Signs of bloom in the Syrah block. It happens to be 20 days later than last year, but Mother Nature has got this… 😅
🍇 Fact: Bloom typically occurs four to six weeks after bud break. The flower clusters are called inflorescence and they are incredibly fragrant. Next up: fruit set.
📸 @cellarmastercharles
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The Picardan vines are soaking up allllll the sunshine on these longer days! ☀️
#cairdeaswinery #cairdeasbarn #estatevineyard #picardan #estatepicardan #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanava #wawine #siplocal #drinkforwa #thisisnow
Happy Father’s Day to this rad dad @rhonemaker_charlie! You’re setting a great example for our #whinemakers!
#cairdeaswinery #winemaker #winemakercharlie #rhonemakercharlie #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #oregoncoast #wawine #winerykids #familywinery
Feels like a Nellie Mae kinda day. ☀️
#cairdeaswinery #nelliemae #viognier #roussanne #whitewineweather #cairdeasbarn #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #drinkforwa
School wraps up for our kiddos this week and Father's Day is this Sunday. We'll definitely be busting open a bottle of Caisleán an Pápa and toasting all the dads! And then... hello summer, we are ready for you. ☀️
#cairdeaswinery #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #caisleánanpapa #chauteaneufdupapestyle #grenache #syrah #mourvèdre #cinsaut #counoise #winefordad #dadswine #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #bousheyvineyard #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #drinkforwa #washingtonwine
When your birthday and rosé day fall on the same, there’s even more reason to celebrate! 🥳
Happy Birthday @rhonemaker_charlie!
#cairdeaswinery #roséday #nationalroséday #roséallday #winemaker #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #lakechelanwine #lakechelan #wawine #drinkforwa #siplocal #thisisnow #curlewlake
Why sip wine in the vineyard when you can sip up above?
Welcome to the Wine Club Loft!
We created this fun space to feel like home; a place where our wine club members could relax and be a part of the family. While it’s not right in the vineyard; it’s got the best bird’s eye view of our estate vineyard!
#cairdeaswinery #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #cairdeasbarn #wineclubloft #wineclub #vineyardviews #estatevineyard #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #wawine #siplocal #drinkforwa #thisisnow #washingtonwine #picardan
Winemaker Charlie learning some new tricks! Open top barrel ferments this harvest?
#cairdeaswinery #winebarrels #winemaking #barrelseminar #rhonevarietals #rhoneinspired #lakechelanwine #wawine #drinkforwa #siplocal #thisisnow #winemaker #washingtonwine
Grab your BFF and a bottle of wine; it’s National Best Friend Day!🍷✨
And you might as well just make it a bottle of Cairdeas! Did you know Cairdeas is Irish Gaelic for friendship or goodwill? Cheers friends! 🥂
#cairdeaswinery #nationalbestfriendday #friendship #cairdeas #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #cairdeasbarn #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #siplocal #thisisnow #drinkforwa #friendsgatherhere #wineclubloft
We popped some bubbles 🥂 last night in celebration of our limited release estate wines!
Thank you to everyone who joined us, to our team (especially Danielle and Miriah!), and to Chef Aaron Tekulve for the beautiful pairings.
📸 @meg.raines
#cairdeaswinery #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #estatewines #estatewinerelease #estatevineyard #syrah #josephphelpsclone #clairette #clairetteblanche #sparklingwine #picardan #cairdeasbarn #foodandwine #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #thisisnow #drinkforwa #siplocal
“We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.” -George Takei
Happy Pride Month! 🌈 All are welcome here, always.
#cairdeaswinery #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #pridemonth #allarewelcome #winetasting #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #drinkforwa
Have ya’ll met Sarah?!
She joined the Cairdeas Crew part time in March! Sarah is:
🏡 from Spanaway, WA but spent the last 12 years in an RV roaming around CA with her lineman husband. (She poured wine along the way, including #grenacheblanc from @acquiescewinery at the Lodi Visitors Center! ✨)
📚has a journalism major from WSU, has freelanced for several publications, and is also a published author of a travel memoir (she’s been to 40 countries and counting!) and a children’s book - the first in a series called Tiny Tradesman, “Light Up the World: When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Lineman.”
⛰soaking up Lake Chelan and it’s beauty! She’s grateful for the outdoors and all it has to offer.
🍷loving Cairdeas for the fantastic group of people, the view, the barn, and hello, the wine! She says she’s enjoying all the wine, but when we made her choose her favorite, she narrowed it down to the 2019 Consonance.
(We’ve also discovered that Sarah has incredible chalk marker skills!)
Welcome to the team, Sarah! We are so grateful to have you.
#cairdeaswinery #cairdeascrew #bestteamever #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #rhonevarietals #rhoneinspired #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #wawine #drinkforwa #washingtonwine #thisisnow #siplocal #winetasting
Remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. #memorialday 🇺🇸
#cairdeaswinery #memorialdayweekend #homeofthefreebecauseofthebrave #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #wawine #thisisnow
A: Picnic on the vineyard lawn!
Q: What happens when we run out of chairs and tables?
Reservations are totally awesome, but we do our best to accommodate guests on the fly, even if that means a picnic on the lawn. 🍷 🧺 ❤️
#cairdeaswinery #estatevineyard #syrahvineyard #lakechelanwine #lakechelanava #lakechelan #wawine #winepicnic #thisisnow #siplocal #drinkforwa #petfriendlypatio #winetasting
A little throwback for #NationalWineDay! Does anyone remember this label?
2016 Lawrence Vineyard Roussanne, artwork by our son Eugene when he was a preschooler (he’s now 10!). His preschool teacher held a summer art camp and this was his take on a Jackson Pollock. #weloveourteachers #thanksforallyoudo
#cairdeaswinery #roussanne #lawrencevineyards #royalslopeava #2016vintage #rhonewhite #rhoneinspired #rhonevarietals #wawine #drinkforwa #thisisnow #siplocal #lakechelanwine #winewednesday
We scoped out the growth in our Yakima Valley vineyards last week… from left to right: Meek Grenache, Inland Desert Petite Sirah, and Boushey Grenache Blanc. 🍇
#cairdeaswinery #rhonevarietals #rhoneinspired #meekvineyard #inlanddesertvineyard #bousheyvineyard #vinelife #vineyards #yakimavalley #grenache #petitesirah #grenacheblanc #wawine #thisisnow #drinkforwa #siplocal #waharvest2022 #2022vintage
Rain or shine! (But really, we prefer the shine… ☀️)
The weather was all over the place today, we had bursts of sunshine here and there, with a few drops of liquid sunshine in between. Tomorrow, the weather is looking to be on point all day!
#cairdeaswinery #winetasting #sunshine #wineandsunshine #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #thisisnow #drinkforwa #siplocal #springweather #springinlakechelan #syrah #estatevineyard #cairdeasbarn #wineclubdeck #wineclubmembers #wineclub
First pic was taken yesterday! We’re thrilled with the vine growth to say the least, especially with our cooler (and rainier) than usual spring.
Compared to the 2nd pic… last year on the same day. There is more growth, but it was also one of the warmer springs on record.
Moral of the story, THIS is farming. Every year is different, with its own curveballs and game plans, and it’s our job to adjust to Mother Nature. That’s what keeps this life interesting!
#cairdeaswinery #rhonevarietals #rhoneinspired #estatevineyard #picardan #clairetteblanche #syrah #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #drinkforwa #estatewines #vineyardlife #grapegrowers #farmlife
Welcome to the team, Samantha!
🥰 Sam joined the Cairdeas Crew in March and we love having her on the team.
☀️ She grew up in Sacramento, CA and in her pre-Cairdeas life, she was a pharmacy technician.
🚤 Sam’s favorites about living in the Lake Chelan Valley are floating in the lake in the summer, and the slowness of a small town.
🏡 When we asked Sam what she loves about Cairdeas, she said, “the story behind it, everyone I get to work with and working for Charlie and Lacey… best work environment ever.” Ah, we love this! 💕
🍷 Sam says she hasn’t had a Cairdeas wine she’s disliked, but her current favorites are the Cinsaut and Rosé!
Thank ya’ll for helping us give Sam a warm welcome to the Crew!
#cairdeaswinery #cairdeascrew #bestteamever #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal
Our team is in full Rosé & Repeat mode this weekend!
#cairdeaswinery #roséallday #roséandrepeat #roséweekend #rosérelease #rosé #syrah #grenache #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #bestteamever #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #cairdeascrew #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #winetasting #winerelease
Friends!!! We’ve got a few new faces on the Cairdeas Crew to introduce you to. First up, Epi!
• Epifanio (you can call him Epi for short!) grew up in Delano, CA but loves living in Lake Chelan for the lake (of course!) and all the four seasons we enjoy here. ☀️❄️🍁🌸
• What Epi loves about being at Cairdeas is the positive energy! (Thank you, Epi, for adding to that vibe.) ✨
• His current favorite wine is “all of them 😆 but the one that stands out the most is the Concrete Syrah.” 🍷
Welcome to the team, Epi!
📸 @meg.raines
Sip sip hooray! We are gearing up for Rosé Weekend this Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
This is your first opportunity to enjoy Rosé on the tasting flight and by-the-glass. We have live music throughout the weekend; plus Rosé swag and a Rosé paired charcuterie board available for purchase.
Make your reservations at the link in our bio. Cheers!
#cairdeaswinery #roséandrepeat #roséweekend #sipsiphooray #roséallday #lakechelan #lakechelanwine #lakechelanwinevalley #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #foodandwine #merrowchocolatier
Cheers to all the moms, moms-to-be, moms at heart, and everyone in their villages that support them in raising the next generation. Happy Mother’s Day!
Nellie Mae is the wine that pays tribute to all the women in our lives! Named primarily after Charlie’s Grandma Nellie, but also a nod to Lacey and her Grandma Jeanette who share the middle name Mae.
#cairdeaswinery #nelliemae #rhonevarietals #rhoneinspired #viognier #roussanne #lakechelan #mothersday #womeninwine #lakechelanwine #wawine #thisisnow
Amazing winemaker’s dinner at Surrell yesterday eve!
So honored to be at the table with Dick & Luanne Boushey (who grow world class grapes for us!), and fellow winemakers Kevin White (@kevinwhitewinery) and Mari Womack (@damselcellars). Cheers!
#cairdeaswinery #winedinner #winemakersdinner #surrellseattle #surrellonmadison #foodandwine #aarontekulve #wawine #thisisnow #siplocal #washingtonwine #washingtonwinebar
