Hallcrest Vineyards, 1998-2005 from the Web Winery archive
Hallcrest Vineyards was on the original Web Winery from December 1998 to 2004, with its two other labels of the time: The Organic Wine Works and St. Croix, a value-priced line. Its pages told the winery's history, explained sulfite-free winemaking with measured sulfite levels for each bottling, introduced the staff, and collected articles about organic wine. By 2004 Hallcrest described Web Winery as its online wine shop. 16 entries, from December 1998 to October 7, 2004, each with a link to the original page on the Wayback Machine.
1998
Event
Hallcrest tour and tasting package
Hallcrest offered a winery tour with a tasting of at least four wines on its upper deck beneath an oak, overlooking the vineyard and Henry Cowell park, with group bookings handled by Lorraine Schumacher; reservations were then paused pending a permit renewal.
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History
History of Hallcrest and the Schumachers
This page told Hallcrest's story from Chaffee Hall's 1941 founding to the Schumacher family's 1987 purchase and revival of the name, profiled winemaker John Schumacher, and introduced the Organic Wine Works line of unsulfited wines.
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Winery page
The Organic Wine Works label
The Organic Wine Works page explained that Hallcrest's second label was made from organically grown grapes and also processed organically without added sulfites, aimed at sulfite-sensitive drinkers, and certified by California Certified Organic Farmers.
The Organic Wine Works wines are not only produced from organically grown grapes, but are organically processed as well.
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Winery page
St. Croix wines from Hallcrest
A short page introduced St. Croix, a Hallcrest Vineyards line of traditional-style, value-priced wines, and noted the tasting room's daily hours, holiday closures and group tours.
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1999
Press
Research note on sulfites made by yeast
Lyle C. Abrahamson reported on fifteen commercial fermentations from the 1991 harvest made without added sulfur dioxide, finding yeasts produced 0-41 ppm, mostly in whites, and little or none remained after bottling.
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Winery page
St. Croix and Organic Wine Works labels
A second St. Croix page described Hallcrest's two additional labels: the CCOF-certified, unsulfited Organic Wine Works and the value-priced, traditional-style St. Croix, with tasting-room hours.
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2000
Press
Sentinel on Santa Cruz's few organic wineries
A Santa Cruz Sentinel feature asked why so few local wineries made organic wine, profiled Hallcrest's sulfite-free Organic Wine Works and John Schumacher's approach, and covered Bonny Doon's vineyard conversion, Chez Panisse's wine list, Fetzer's Bonterra and Morgan's Double L vineyard.
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2001
Press
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Valerie Ahlgren, Ahlgren Vineyard
Hallcrest Vineyards reprinted this column on its pages. It is listed once, under Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 16, 2001.
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2003
History
Questions and answers on sulfites
An Organic Wine Works page answered common questions about sulfites: why winemakers add them, how sensitivity shows itself, and how careful handling can replace them. It listed measured total sulfites for the label's 1996 to 2000 bottlings, most at or near zero.
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Press
North Islander column on organic wines
A newspaper wine column explained the difference between organic wine and wine made from organic grapes, touched on biodynamics, and reviewed imported organic wines from Villa Teresa, M. Chapoutier and Domaine de L'Olivette. It did not mention Hallcrest.
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History
Hallcrest history and winemaking approach
A history page traced Hallcrest from the Hall family's hilltop retreat above Felton and Chaffee Hall's first vineyard to the Schumachers' 1987 revival, then described the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation and the winery's small-lot, fruit-led approach.
A Santa Cruz Mountain Chardonnay is not a Napa Chardonnay or a Burgundy
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Winery page
The Organic Wine Works home page, 2003
The 2003 home page of The Organic Wine Works, Hallcrest Vineyards' label for wines with no added sulfites, made for drinkers with sulfite sensitivities.
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Winemaker
Hallcrest staff profiles
The staff page introduced proprietors John and Lorraine Schumacher, who lived on site with their three children, and the team: winemaker Kenny, cellarmaster Giovanni, lab director Paul, tasting-room host Will, and the winery dogs.
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2004
Winery page
Hallcrest links page
A links page pointed to WebWinery as Hallcrest's online shop, the Organic Wine Works site, the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association, UC Davis, and organic farming and community groups, including the Homeless Garden Project where staff volunteered.
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Press
Vancouver column on a no-sulfite wine
A Vancouver wine column on sulfite allergies recommended the Organic Wine Works 2002 A Notre Terre, a Rhone-variety red labelled No Sulfites Added that had just been listed in British Columbia liquor stores, and noted the vegan Radical Red.
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Newsletter
Hallcrest and Organic Wine Works news, October 2004
A news page from October 2004 reported a visit by members of the Israel Bio Organic Agriculture Association, a silver medal for the Organic Wine Works 2003 Zinfandel and a gold for Hallcrest's 2002 Ciardella Vineyard Pinot Noir, and listed the press coverage of the winery's organic wines from 2000 to 2004.
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