2021 Vintage

Emeritus winemaker David Lattin topping off barrels in our cellar.

Winery Update, June 2022

While finalizing our wines, our winemaking team tastes every barrel multiple times. Here’s a video of our winemaker, David Lattin, about the importance of topping off the barrels afterward!

Spring vines with imminent budbreak in focus in the foreground, the Emeritus water tower in the background.

Winery Update, May 2022

While spring growth is underway in the vineyard, the 2021 vintage is really coming to fruition in our cellar. This week David and Keith dig into the 2021 Hallberg Ranch!

Our Catulpa on Hallberg Ranch being to awake after winter.

Spring 2023 Shipment Newsletter

Enjoy our newly released 2020 Hallberg Ranch!

Spring has sprung in the vineyards, with more delicate new buds breaking out into the sunshine all the time. Meanwhile, in the cellar, our winemaking team has the wonderful job of tasting through all the wines from 2021 harvest. There’s a lot happening this spring, and a lot to look forward to!

Open top fermentation tanks in the Emeritus cellar

Winery Update, December 2021

Time for a winery update! There’s not much happening in the Emeritus cellar in the moment… other than what’s occurring inside each barrel.

A mini white pumpkin, a magnum bottle of Emeritus wine, and a wine carafe vase of orange and red marigolds on a black tablecloth, with the vineyard rows of Hallberg Ranch in the background.

November 2021 Quarterly Shipment Newsletter

Wines to look forward to include our newly released 2018 Wesley’s Reserve and 2018 Pinot Hill East!

A landscape closeup of ripened Pinot Noir grape clusters hanging from the vine.

October 2021 Semi-Annual Shipment Newsletter

Wines to look forward to include our newly released 2018 Hallberg Elite and 2018 Wesley’s Reserve!

Fall foliage at Hallberg Ranch after Harvest

Harvest Update, That’s A Wrap!

We have officially wrapped up our picking season as of Saturday, September 18th! The winery is still abuzz with activity and will be for a few more weeks as the last picks become wine, but it feels great to have gotten so much done.

Freshly harvested Pinot Noir grapes, 2021

Celebrate National Pinot Noir Day

Every day is Pinot Noir day for us, especially now that harvest has started, but today it’s Pinot Noir day for the rest of the country, too. August 18th is National Pinot Noir Day, a time to pay homage to one of the world’s most popular wines!

Winery Update, August 2021

It’s an exciting time around the winery as we anticipate the grapes coming in! The 2020 vintages have all been bottled, and everything is being set up and tested to ensure we’re ready for harvest.