47. Our 10th Year
We incorporated Alta Marfa on January 11th, 2016.
Mountain Shadows Vineyard just before bud break, March 2025. This photo was taken at the tail end of the first winer for these vines.
We received about 6 inches of snow on April 4th, the snow, along with driving winds complete froze the tender shoots that were starting to emerge at both our Grand Prix Vineyard, and Mountain Shadows.
Hail Damage at Mountain Shadows Vineyard
Close up of the damage at Mountain Shadows
Technically I think they are tortoises. I drive on the highway for about 15 miles every day in between our house and town, during that trip I’ve helped 7 or 8 of these guys cross safely over the past year. Just a very special part of my day I call Turtle Time.
Our first harvest day of 2025 was this beautiful Gewurztraminer at Kubacak Vineyards in the Texas High Plains. This vineyard is about 45 minutes from Lubbock and about 5 hours from Marfa.
A great morning view of Blue Mountain (7,287’) from the Montepulciano block at Living Water Vineyard. This photo was taken on the first day of September.
Another view of Blue Mountain, peeking out from behind the hill at Blue Mountain Trail Vineyard.
Beautiful Mourvèdre at Blue Mountain Trail Vineyard in the Davis Mountains. Blue Mountain Trail Vineyard is the oldest producing vineyard in the Davis Mountains. It was planted in 2011 and is farmed wonderfully by Adam White.
Sunrise Montepulciano harvest - Montepulciano from Living Water Vineyard has become one of our favorite varieties in the Davis Mountains. 2025 was our 4th time harvesting this variety, and this fall we will be releasing the first wine to the general public, Incognito 2023. Our wine club members will be receiving this wine in a few weeks. I think those that get to try this wine later this month will agree with me that the 2023 Incognito might be our first wine that really delivers on what we felt the Davis Mountains promised back in 2016 when we first began this journey. For those of you doing the math, we did make a 2022 Living Water Montepulciano, however there was only 21 cases, and it was only sold here in Marfa.
Sunrise Montepulciano harvest - Montepulciano from Living Water Vineyard has become one of our favorite varieties in the Davis Mountains. 2025 was our 4th time harvesting this variety, and this fall we will be releasing the first wine to the general public, Incognito 2023. Our wine club members will be receiving this wine in a few weeks. I think those that get to try this wine later this month will agree with me that the 2023 Incognito might be our first wine that really delivers on what we felt the Davis Mountains promised back in 2016 when we first began this journey. For those of you doing the math, we did make a 2022 Living Water Montepulciano, however there was only 21 cases, and it was only sold here in Marfa.
Another beautiful Montepulciano cluster on the day of harvest.
I had a blowout on the trailer on the way home from the last pick of the season. Pretty lucky considering I was only 15 minutes from home, and I got the watch the sunset while I changed the tire. A friend was passing by and stopped to help.