Aglianico Harvest 2012
It is time to do our Aglianico harvest for 2012! Aglianico is an Italian red variety which is one of the later grapes to ripen….
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Brie is Born!
Sunday is the day for our cows to calve! If you remember, Buttercup had LBC on Sunday while we were at church. Yesterday, after returning…
Hobby Winemakers
After last week’s Montepulciano harvest, we gleaned the vines and have ended up with enough grapes to make 80-90 gallons of wine! Lest you worry that we…
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…
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…