Roussanne Grape Harvest 2012
Monday began our week long Roussanne grape harvest! At 3:00 am we awakened, had coffee and prepared for the trucker’s arrival. The majority of preparation was done…
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Pellenc 4560 Grape Harvester
I posted last week on Facebook that John and the boys were in California looking at a harvester – a Pellenc 4560 grape harvester. Well,…
Grapes – Are They Ripe Yet?
You might think that you can tell if a grape is ripe just by taste. To some extent that is true. For the winemaker, though,…
Unicycle Time Out!
I am afraid that I might have given the impression that all we do is work – in the vineyard , gardening or building our house. I assure…
ICF Filter House – Almost!
For a chronological listing of our ICF building see ICF Building Index. Even though the vineyard work has slowed, it has still required time which has delayed…
Vineyard – July 2012
With vineyard work slowing down, I feel as if we are coasting toward harvest. Except for training the Petite Verdo and Moscato Giallo every 10…
ICF Filter House/Pavilion
For a chronological listing of our building projects with ICF (or insulated concrete forms), be sure to look through the ICF Building Index. Along with the…
ICF Greenhouse
For a chronological listing of our building projects with ICF (or insulated concrete forms), be sure to look through the ICF Building Index. Since the vineyard…
Visitors
The past two and a half weeks have been a wonderful whirlwind filled with visitors. Leaving family on the East coast has been the most…
We Have Veraison!
We have veraison in the vineyard in all varieties, Roussanne, Aglianico, and Montepulciano! That may not sound very exciting to you but it sure is to…