A Tale of Two Properties: Fall Planting

January 2, 2014

This is the forth installment in my Tale of Two Properties serial. The last “episode” in this serial was our spring …

Not Normal

October 30, 2013

We started this fall with cold temperatures. Even reached freezing one night in early October. Then in the past week …

October 28, 2013

Harvest your grapes, dump them into a 2 ton container, and let them sit in the sun waiting for transport …

September 24, 2013

The Turán (aka. Agria in North America) harvest was last week. As I have previously mentioned, Turán is a teinturier …

September 21, 2013

Here in Hungary where I live there are many indicators to remind us that summer is winding down and fall …

August 18, 2013

What I really like about wine growing in Europe are the preponderance of tiny land owners having wine. Sure, there …

July 31, 2013

Veraison, in its simplest definition, is the color change of grape berries as they start to ripen. I planted our …

June 3, 2013

It has been cool and raining the past few days. Good conditions for downy mildew. Despite the cooler climate we …