2008 was a difficult vintage in California. The early frost destroyed a significant amount of fruit, as well as lead to some uneven ripening of the fruit that was left. We had to push ripeness levels in order to make sure that we got truely ripe fruit. Since picking decisions we so critical, and yet hard to call, we made a few mistakes. That's why for the first time ever, we've declassified some barrels into AVA designated wines. Luckily, the picks we did get right have created some of our BEST WINES EVER. Nothing like a bit of adversity to make you focus and work harder than ever before.

2008 was a perfect year in Oregon. Little to no rain allowed winemakers to pick fruit as ripe as they'd like. We chose not to push too hard, so our 2008 Shea will be plush, yet more on the elegant side as far as a Loring wine goes.

The theme for 2008 the lables is "Vineyard End Posts". We took photos of the end posts on our rows at the vineyard for this year's labels. Hide this content.