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…
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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,…
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…
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…
Petit Verdot and Moscato Giallo Training
A lot of work was done in the vineyard while I was in Georgia! End posts and wires were put in place in the new…