We crushed Montepulciano grapes from the vineyard last year after harvest. Those are still in barrels but now it’s time to bottle the wine from the Montepulciano grapes from 2013. Wine making is a process that requires patience but bottling gives a chance to taste the progression of it!
The fellas traveled to California to see the Pellenc Precision Pruner in action. This baby will save us months of work and the fun they had on the trip was icing on the cake! Using an infrared eye, the Pellenc Precision Pruner does what we do hand pruning in a fraction of the time! Here are some photos of the sights they saw.
Dragging ourselves out of holiday mode and gearing up for vineyard work is the challenge for the month of February! But, as we begin pruning and begin looking forward to this year’s grape harvest, momentum builds.
February is the month to drag ourselves out of holiday mode and gear up for vineyard work. Except for watering the vines, installing the drip irrigation for…
Planting another five acres of grapevines this spring means the underground drip irrigation system must be expanded. The expansion was well underway when snow hit!
Although we are not planting new acres of grapes until April, there is a lot to do in preparation for them. We like to have this prep work finished before pruning begins! The first step in preparation is laying the drip irrigation tape to water the new vines – come see how it’s done!
There is something new around the farm, a Kubota 8540 narrow tractor! The New Toy I got a new toy! It is one you probably…
Making wine at home from montepulciano grapes is an exciting end to our vineyard harvest season and a fun end to our summer. Grape harvest…
Yesterday was quite a day – 30 tons of Montepulciano grapes later and all the grapes of 2014 are harvested! So the last harvest of…
Wednesday, October 7th, marked the first Aglianico grape harvest of 2014. We finished harvesting the Roussanne grapes about a month ago, before the rain began….