What a fun day our Wine Club Members had harvesting the Nortons off of the big hill behind the Tasting Room. It was one of those perfect Fall days – sunny, cool, light breeze – and everyone came in good […]
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Encouraging 2015 Harvest Underway
Last week we took in our first grapes of the 2015 Harvest. We weren’t quite sure what we would get because of the excessive rain we got in May & June. Wet years often result in a limp, watery juice […]
Giant Grasshoppers in the Vineyard?
Again this year we used a mechanical picker to harvest Chambourcins from our Wine Country Gardens Vineyard. While it looks like a grasshopper, it works like a dream! We picked five tons of grapes in less than two hours. It […]
In Comes the Norton Harvest
The 2012 Norton crop was our largest ever! The hot, dry summer made for a rich tight crop of great Norton. The smaller berries with tight bunches that look like hand-grenades were packed with deep berry flavors and great concentrated […]
Giant Grasshopper in the Vineyard?
For the first time we used a mechanical picker to harvest Chambourcins from our Wine Country Gardens Vineyard. While it looks like a grasshopper, it works like a dream! We picked five tons of grapes in less than two hours. […]
