Montepulciano Grape Harvest 2012
Amazingly, it is the middle of September and we are almost finished with harvest – both the Roussane and Montepulciano grapes are finished! Our second…
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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…
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…