Osocalis Distillery produces classic Alambic Brandies from Coastal Callifornia fruit.
Soquel, CA
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Closing in. Timber frame and straw bale walls with compacted soil floors. A living space for a living process.
What one does when they need quality and can’t afford to have someone else do it. #traditionalmetalroof
As the northern hemisphere distiller (falsely referred to as the archer) sinks to the west in the night sky, I’m putting 2022 to bed tonight (me as well finally) with the final barrel. Semillon.
Our first single variety folle blanche distillation. On the alambic armagnacais. Running at 53% ABV.
They don’t call it crush for no reason. After record breaking heat, we now face a record rain storm (any rain in Sept. is a record). And to top it off, the press went down (5pm on Friday) now we wait for parts. Fingers crossed for the final harvest of the folle blanche blocks.
Our first small harvest of folignan. Unfortunately we had to regraft much of the block this year, but next year we should be near full speed.
Folignan. Quite distinctive cluster morphology and… we may have enough to ferment separately for the first time🤞
Climate adaptation: match crops to climate – California Water Research. Guess we need to re-learn what our ancestors knew for millennia. cah2oresearch.com/2022/08/08…
When offered a lug of mirabelle plums, there is just one answer (at least till I can get my hands on a ton)!
Can’t help but remain impressed by how Montils balances fruit production and vegetative vigor without any manipulation.
