Field notes

The journal.

What we're pouring, picking, building, and arguing about. Updates as they happen — vintages, vineyard mornings, tasting-room nights, the cellar between.
Person in a hat inspecting young vine rows with trellis wires and posts on a hillside

Newly installed trellis rows with young vines establishing; one worker walks the site under overcast Ashland skies.

Woman pruning a grapevine in a vineyard row, mountains and valley in background

Vineyard work in early spring, tying canes on the hillside above Ashland with the Siskiyous still holding snow.

Aerial view of a barrel room with tasting tables set with glasses as a staff member walks by

A young staffer moves between barrel-room tasting stations ahead of a seated event at the winery.

Person holding a bottle of Resistance Wine Co. Cabernet Sauvignon, label facing forward.

Cabernet Sauvignon presented bottle-forward, both hands, warm ambient light — label sharp and centered.

Man holding a microphone and wine glass, speaking near wine barrels stacked on racks indoors.

A host works the room at a Resistance barrel-side tasting event, glass raised, mic in hand.

Man speaking into a microphone on a stand in front of stacked wine barrels.

Stand-up night in the barrel room, performer at the mic against a wall of aging oak.

Comedian holding a microphone and stand, performing near stacked wine barrels indoors.

Comedian works a mic stand in the barrel-flanked event space during a Resistance comedy night.

Man singing into a microphone in a lounge area with sofas and wine barrels stacked behind him.

Comedian tests the mic in the barrel-flanked event floor before a Resistance Wine Company show.