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12-8-10

Olives going to Press!

After loosing our 2009 Harvest to an early frost, we are excited for our 2010 harvest to go to press on December 14th. We have 8 different old world varieties in our orchard, including some trees over 100 years old. They are extra virgin pressed at The Olive Press in Sonoma Valley. Our 2010 oil is available to pre-order at here.

 

 

 

 

 

12-7-10

 

Beltane Ranch Holiday Shop!

All new Beltane gear, Olive Oil, Gift Certificates and Label Posters can now be ordered in our new online shop.

 

 

 

 

11-22-10

 

Pumpkin Contest Winners!

We are pleased to announce that Sarah Clark of Scottsdale, AZ won the Beltane Ranch Pumpkin contest! Sarah and Mark got engaged at Beltane in May of 2010! Second place is Thad Eby and Third Place is Shauna Norris. Thanks for playing and Thank you Victor for another year of gorgeous giant pumpkins!

 

 

 

 

 

 

11-11-10

 

Olive Season in Sonoma Valley!

We are pleased to be taking part in Sonoma Valley's 10th Annual Olive Season Festival. Olive Season is a valley-wide festival with events, activities, tastings, olive harvest, crush, and specials. Book an "Olive Season Package" at Beltane December 1st - Feb 28th and enjoy a guided walk through our estate olive groves, an upstairs room overlooking our estate vineyards and orchards, a cured olive tasting, a 2 pack of Beltane Ranch wine and take home a bottle of 2010 Oil and Label print chef's apron. Rates are 15%-20% off. Book online. Learn more about Sonoma's Olive Season here.

 

 

 

 

11-09-10

 

Its Fig Season at Beltane Ranch!

We knew all those egg cartons would come in handy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10-20-2010

THE MARIN STORE

Where else can you orderBeltane Ranch Estate-grown winealong with all kinds of other fun and gorgeous locally made and grown items? Check it out! Not to mention they shot their catalog right here at Beltane!

 

 

 

9-30-2010

THE CRUSH

65 tons of Beltane Ranch Sauvignon Blanc grapes have been early morning harvested and crushed in the last 48 hours. 12 tons for the 2ndBeltane Ranch Estate-grown wine and 53 for our friends, Cakebread Cellars. Become a Friend of Beltane for more info on Beltane Ranch Vineyards and Wine.

 

See our full HARVEST PHOTO ALBULM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9-27-2010

Beltane Ranch in SONOMA MAGAZINE!

From Beltane With Love!

One Family, Three Generations and a 2,600 -pound Steer named Bob!

Check us out in Sonoma Magazine!

 

9-17-2010

Beltane Ranch Wine Update

We are fast approaching our 2010 Harvest! In the meantime, we thought we'd update you on of all the fabulous places serving Beltane Ranch 2009 Sauvignon Blanc!

Sonoma: Harvest Moon Cafe, Cafe La Haye, Estate, Saddles, The Breakaway Cafe, The Big 3 Wine Bar

Glen Ellen: Saffron & The Glen Ellen Inn

Kenwood: The Kenwood Inn

Russian River Valley: Farmhouse Inn

Santa Rosa: Viola

San Anselmo, Marin County: Insalata's

Los Angeles: Vinoteque on Melrose

8-23-2010

Check out the new BELTANE BURGER!

Our friend Bob Rice at the Breakaway Cafe in Sonoma is now serving the Beltane Burger! Its a Beltane Ranch dry-aged, grassfed, all natural, sonoma valley-raised beef with a Beltane heirloom tomato slice marinated in olive oil and balsamic, melted mozzarella, fresh basil and a pesto mayo on a toasted ciabatta, alongside Sonoma's tastiest fried. Its Delicious!! Kathleen Hill of the Sonoma Index Tribune says "Its sensational! Could be the best burger in Sonoma!"

 

 

 

 

 

8-15-2010

Beautful Summer at Beltane!

Its finally a beautiful summer here at Beltane. Check out the full photo album!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-4-2010

First Place 2 Years in a Row!!

For the second year in a row we took home the first place ribbon at the Sonoma Fourth-of-July parade! This time for our Wine-themed float with Old Yeller with an iced-down super-size bottle of Beltane Ranch Wine in the bed, actually pouring "wine" into a watertrough on a trailer behind. It was a lot of fun, check out the photos!

 

 

 

 

7-1-2010

We're named Travel + Leisure's place to stay in Sonoma!

We are very pleased to be named Travel + Leisure's top place to stay in Sonoma. And named a "great value!" Check out the full article on Sonoma online.

 

 

 

 

 

6-9-2010

"Genuine Beltane" Lifestyle Feature in the Sonoma County Press Democrat

We're really excited with Virginie Boone's story about Beltane in this morning's Press Democrat! See the full page here.

"With the new release of its own wine, historic Sonoma Valley B&B remains true to its heritage"

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-15-2010

Wine Release!

Beltane Ranch's first estate-grown private label wine, 2009 Sauvignon Blanc has just been released. 5 generations and 37 years of growing for our wonderful neighboring wineries - and now our own wine! Intensely flavored, lively and crisp with hints of honeydew melon and lemon curd...its delicous. Learn more about it on our wine website.

 

4-2-2010

Wine Bottle Photo Shoot

Beltane Ranch 2009 Estate Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc. To be released on Beltane Day: May 1st, 2010. The Clydesdales in the front pasture are as excited as we are!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-5-2010

Beltane Ranch Wine is in the bottle!

Our first ever estate grown private label wine, sauvignon blanc, was bottled this morning and will be released in late spring. Check back for more info.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2-7-2010

Signs of Spring at Beltane!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-7-2010

Check out Beltane on 100 Layer Cake!

Many thanks to photographer Kate Harrison, 100 Layer Cake and the Bride and Groom, Megan and Chris!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kate Harrison: http://www.kateharrisonphotography.com/

 

12-20-2009

Holidays at Beltane!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11-16-2009

Green Fall at Beltane

Its a beautiful time of year at Beltane, everything is green after the recent rains and the vineyards have turned vibrant oranges and reds. We are also finishing a successful fig and pumpkin season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Mike and Sandy Siegel for the Beautiful photos!

 

 

9-18-2009

Moving the wine to barrels...

After several days of fermenting in stainless steel tanks the wine was moved to barrels where it will complete fermentation. We are using a combination of new French oak and neutral French oak barrels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9-11-2009

Racking and Enoculation

After 2 days of settling in stainless steel tanks, its time to rack and Inoculate the wine - meaning take the juice off the top of the sediment and get the fermentation started with yeast. First the juice is racked off the top from one tank and moved in to a new tank and the sediment at the bottom is discarded. Then, the winemaker's chosen yeast (shown below being weighed) is mixed in buckets with small amounts of the juice and some yeast nutrient to dissolve and eventually added to the full tank to get the fermentation started!

Join our WINE CLUB to stay up to date on the release!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9-09-2009 10:30am

The Crush!

 

 

 

By 10:30 the grapes went to press. For the next 2 hours the juice was gently pressed and slowly transferred to a tank to settle and the seeds and stems sent out to compost. At left is Beltane owner Alexa Wood testing the sugar in a refractometer. The sugar was just about perfect!

 

 

 

 

9-09-2009 7am

HARVEST TIME!

So far 65 TONS of Beltane Grapes have been crushed for the 2009 harvest. Most Exciting is the 7 tons that make up the inaugural harvest for our brand new estate grown private label BELTANE WINE. Today's harvest marks the beginning! This first year we will have 400 cases of 100% Beltane Ranch Sauvignon Blanc released in late spring to early summer of 2010. We are very excited to announce our winemaker is Kevin Holt. The following years we will be expanding and adding more red and white varietals. Today's harvest went great....we picked early this morning under prime conditions....the bunches were still cool at dawn and the BRIX was at 24.6. Our own Alex Benward hauled the grapes to local winery Macrostie, in Sonoma for the crush. More info to come as the wine progresses. Please join our mailing list for updates and become a founding member in our wine club (And celebrate the release with us!!!!). Check out photos of the harvest below and check back for updates as the wine progresses!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special thanks to Steven Krause for the photography featured on our site.

9-3-2009

Sugar tests

We are just a few days away from harvest. Here is a sample of grapes pulled from different bunches from different vines across the vineyard that will give us the most accurate reading of the current sugar levels....Beautiful late summer days are ripening the vines quickly so it looks like sometime next week will be the harvest!

 

 

 

 

 

7-05-2009

BELTANE WINS THE GRAND PRIZE AT 4th of JULY PARADE!!!!

Sonoma Valley 4th of July Parade in downtown Sonoma!

 

BELTANE's "Old Yeller" grassfed beef and olive oil truck, carrying a wood cutout of Beltane Mascot BOB (pictured below) pulled Beltane's Alex Benward, and Danae Rubenstien (of The Wine Slate) along with Beltane lab Duke - who all appreared to be taking a good-ole-fashioned skinny dip in a ranch water trough.

Alexa Wood of Beltane and a loyal group of locals and friends rode horseback in the parade with each horse and rider displaying their respective ranch's historic brand.

 

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Read more about it in the Sonoma Index Tribune

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