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Madson Wines

Journal

A field journal from the coastal mountains

Written between rows and barrels, mostly while something else was waiting.

Field Notes · August 2025

Good farming leaves a trace

A foggy August on the ridge, and why we let Ascona hang three days longer than the plan said.

More from the journal

Cellar Notes · October 2025

Stems, and when they earn their place

Whole-cluster decisions made one bin at a time, tasted back six months later.

Table · July 2025

Oysters, jazz, and a Tuesday that got away from us

What happens when a chef friend turns up with two hundred Kumamotos and no plan.

Seasons · February 2025

Pruning in the rain

Six weeks of winter work that sets the size of the crop nobody will taste until 2027.

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