Turán bud break 2017

April 3, 2017

Turán (a.k.a. Agria) is always the first of our grape varieties to bud out each year. And this year was …

Twisted

February 27, 2017

Vines can live decades and can develop some interesting shapes depending on their training or, more likely, lack of training. …

February 3, 2017

Yes, I know. Ground hog day is February 2nd. And this is February 3rd. And I know Punxsutawney Phil saw …

October 15, 2016

This has indeed been an unusual year. I hope. That is, I hope this year is not the start of …

September 2, 2016

I have mentioned before that one of our vineyards is rather eclectic in its distribution of vines varieties. So below …

August 29, 2016

I was interviewed as part of the “Wine Chat” series at The Wine Culturist in June.

August 26, 2016

On this date last year, we were busy harvesting our Turán (Agria) grapes. A warm 2015 August gave the grapes …

July 17, 2016

The weather this year has been unusual. This spring I saw our first frost damage, and then the rest of …