February 23, 2023

AFTER THE HARVEST

The Life of a Winery When Crush is Crushed By Alan Goldfarb “It’s like the football season. You prepare for three months – and then you do all the work. And then you’re organizing for the next year.” – Defensive Tackle Scott Stelzle, Brockport State – Winemaker Scott Stelzle, Cordant Winery If you thought that after football, I mean harvest season, at a winery it means the work is finished,…

November 9, 2022

THE HARVEST OF ’22 CAME IN HOT AND FAST

“This harvest (crush) could produce the best wines we’ve ever made….”– Winemaker Scott Stelzle on his 1st Cordant Crush By Alan Goldfarb The harvest of 2022 was winemaker Scott Stelzle’s first for Cordant, and in his 23-year winemaking career he’s never seen anything like what occurred during this year’s crush. “It was one of the most unique harvest seasons we’ve experienced,” he says. “We’re used to having heat waves for…