In October, we began construction of our estate winery. The building site is located on Coopersmith Vineyard, a Pinot Noir property that my husband Ken and I own and farm. We anticipate moving into Merry Edwards Winery in time to receive the 2007 harvest. Our small, specialized facility will be home to my handcrafted, limited production, Russian River Valley Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc wines. On this page we will post a diary of our progress. We invite you to share our adventure.

August 24th, 2007 Harvest Team 2007 celebrates Flax Pinot Noir as the first grapes to christen the new winery!
August 3rd, 2007 The first truck of case goods moves into the new winery!	July 11th, 2007 Arrival of the Refrigeration Package on its skid.
July 10, 2007 Grading the parking lot.	June 20, 2007 The roof goes on the tank room (exterior view)
June 20, 2007 The roof goes on the tank room (interior view)	June 11, 2007 Tanks view the sky in their new home
June 11, 2007 Settling the first tank into position	June 11, 2007 Two cranes move tank into place
June 11, 2007 Moving the first tank into building	June 11, 2007 Our first tank arrives!
May 23rd, 2007 Two Happy Builders	May 23rd, 2007 First demising wall goes up
May 23rd, 2007 Foreground- temporary solar installation; background- we look like a building!	May 15th, 2007 Side wall installation nearly complete
May 8th, 2007 Installation of first API wall panels in tank room.	April 27th, 2007 All in a day's work
April 27th, 2007 Final roof section goes up	April 27th, 2007 Basic roof structure completed
April 27th, 2007 Raising section 3	April 27th, 2007 Section 4 in place
April 27th, 2007 Setting section 2 in place	April 27th, 2007 Raising the roof
April 23th, 2007 Pouring the crush pad	April 23th, 2007 Constructing roof support sections on completed building floor
April 19th, 2007 19 columns up in one day!	April 19th, 2007 The crush pad is ready to pour
April 13th, 2007 First steel building parts arrive on pad	April 19th, 2007 Six months after vineyard removal, the first support column goes up.
April 13th, 2007 Making sure our floors are perfect!	April 13th, 2007 Office floor completed
April 13th, 2007 Completing barrel room pour	April 13th, 2007 Office floor ready to pour
April 4 , 2007 Dave & Jesus waterproofing the retaining wall
April 4 , 2007 It took a crew of 20 to pour the complex tank room floor
March 28, 2007 Pouring the warehouse floor
March 28, 2007 Septic System installation between the vines
March 8, 2007 Setting the trench drains in the tank room is precise work!
January 12th, 2007 Here we go! Pouring the Retaining Wall	November 7th, 2006 Winterized & Ready to Begin Construction
October 24th, 2006 Groundbreaking Celebration	October 24th, 2006 Popping the cork on our own 2000 Meredith Cuvée
October 24th, 2006 Grading equipment at work in the early morning fog	October 24th, 2006 Does this photo really need a caption?
October 19th, 2006 At the future site of Merry Edwards Wines: Coopersmith Vineyard	October 19th, 2006 Clearing 2 acres of vineyard completed
Our “virtual” winery:  A computerized illustration of the finished facility, dropped into the existing landscape.