Lyons Vineyard

Lyons Vineyard Boutique family-owned vineyard focusing on Rhône varieties in the Los Olivos District AVA, Santa Ynez Valley, CA.

09/18/2026

Skye procured 20 different kinds of fruit trees, planted at the vineyard. We have multiple kinds of peaches, apricots, pomegranates, persimmons, pears, pluots, pluerries, and more I’m sure I’m not remembering. But the one I do remember is figs! I think we have three different kinds of figs and they are getting ripe and tasty.

09/16/2026

One of our favorite things is when we get inbound from friends and club members showing us where they’re enjoying Lyons Vineyard wines. Every time it makes us smile. At a wine bar, at a concert, after a rough day, on the patio with some barbecue, together with friends, or even just on the kitchen counter with dinner.

keep sending us your moments! It truly makes our day.

09/10/2026

Syrah grapes vs Grenache grapes vs Mourvèdre. Not only do they taste different but they look different from each other too.
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09/06/2026

Harvest check in! So far we have harvested the Viognier and one of our Grenache clones that is in the warmest part of the vineyard. The Syrah has a ways to go!

09/03/2026

Harvest 2026 underway! We brought in the Grenache clone 362 today. The earliest we’ve ever brought in a red wine grape. Although this particular clone does tend to ripen first out of the red grapes on our property. Overall quality seems great! Most of the clusters were put through the de-stemmer, although we kept about 20% as whole clusters, layered in that same fermentation bin to add a little more spice and complexity. It will cold soak for a few days and then vinify for somewhere between 9 and 12 days. Off we go! 🙌🍇✨

09/01/2026

One of the funny parts of designing our wine label that most people don’t think about, is that we have to decide on the flavor notes before the wine is even bottled. That means tasting from barrel or tank, narrowing it down to the few aromas and flavors that feel most representative, then turning those into the little icons you see on the back label of our wines. And of course, wine keeps evolving after bottling, so there’s always a little leap of faith involved too. So far we think we’ve been pretty spot on, or just call it lucky. The wines may change with time, but we think those main flavors should stay recognizable. what do you think?

08/29/2026

As we get closer to September, an important activity is sampling the grapes to take measurements on how their sugar accumulation is progressing, and also to taste the fruit, chew the seeds and taste the juice from samples clusters to see how flavor is developing. The combo of these tests will tell you when the grapes are ready to be harvested.

08/27/2026

And the first harvest of the season for Lyons Vineyard came in today, our Viognier! This is the absolute earliest we have ever started harvest at our vineyard.

The grapes are harvested at night starting at around 2 AM or 3 AM, and finishing around 6 AM or 7 AM. The bins are brought into the winery, and the grapes are lifted by a forklift into the top of the press, that will then gently squeeze them to get the juice. The juice drains out of the bottom of the press into a catch tank. And then it will be pumped from that tank into its fermentation vessel. We like to taste the juice out of the press to see what we’re working with. Very yummy this year!

08/26/2026

First we were 4 weeks ahead at flowering. Then as the season went on the ripening process moderated a bit. I’m guessing now we will be about two weeks ahead of normal by the time we harvest our red grapes. Since our varieties that we grow are slightly later ripeners than Pinot Noir, we had a little more growing time to even out that fast pace we saw in the spring. Whereas friends are picking away in Sta Rita Hills!

08/21/2026

A little inventory update from Lyons Vineyard: Some of your favorite wines are nearly gone. Just a friendly heads up on what we have left in case you don’t want to miss out. 🌸🍷✨ link to our website in bio.

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