De-Budding the Vineyard
It is that time of year again – time to de-bud the vineyard. We have prepared for planting and planted 5 new acres but now…
Vineyard
The Barn Completed – EIFS and All!
Yippee! The EIFS on our ICF barn is now compete! For a chronological listing of our building projects with ICF (or insulated concrete forms), be…
What You Don’t Want to See in a Budding Vineyard!
You would never know the vineyard was ready to burst forth with spring! Here is what you don’t want to see in a budding vineyard. Extreme…
Almost Finished Pruning!
Yeah – we are almost finished pruning the vineyard! The pruned vineyard still looks a bit bleak but clean and sunset is a beautiful time of…
Planting Grapevines – 2013
Guess what? We are planting grapevines again! We have expanded the vineyard another 5 acres this year! The grapevines that were added are 4 acres…
Preparing for Planting 2013
Our grapevines arrived Thursday – all 5 acres of them. And, it only took two FedEx boxes to hold them! We will be expanding the…
Cows, Wine and Woodworking
Today on Family Fridays I have a couple of highlights to share. The week started with decanting the Aglianico and Montepulciano wines we have settling…
Pruning the Vineyard 2013
Last week on Family Fridays, I explained about pre-pruning with our Pellenc 4560 grape harvester. After pre-pruning is completed, hand pruning is done to further…
Pre-Pruning the Vineyard 2013
It is that time of year again – time to start pre-pruning the vineyard for 2013! Time to break out of our lazy winter, no-work…
Preparing for 2013 Grape Planting
We will be planting another 5+ acres of grapes in the spring – 4 1/2 acres of Montepulciano and 1 acre of Aglianico – that…