2008 Harvest Report:Gruner Veltner: Gruner is a brand new grape for Brehm Vineyards. I would treat it like Riesling or Sauvignon Blanc. Paul Gregutt of Wine Enthusiast Magazine wrote of the grapes from this same vineyard, '…it promises good-maybe great - things to come. Sleek and stony, the wine epitomizes the racy, slightly grassy, slightly peppery quality of classic Austrian Grüner, with a NW twist-a certain brilliant intensity to the fruit that reflects this northern latitude. Clearly the best Grüner from Oregon or Washington to date.' The whites of the Columbia Gorge have a vibrancy rarely found anywhere else. No SO2 was added at the press, only add after fermentation.

Recommended Yeast: DGI 228; Uvaferm SVG; R2; R-HST