A Tale of Two Properties

March 13, 2013

“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore” — Mark Twain Taking the advice of a fellow American, I have been …

Spring Planning 2013

February 4, 2013

We currently have about 2/3rd of a hectare to replant in wine (that is about 1.6 acres, pilgrim). Details why …

August 29, 2012

Some people call them unwanted. Some people call them weeds. To me anything that puts its roots down without my …

August 8, 2012

Brix (or Degrees Brix or °Brix) is a fancy term for one way of measuring the sugar content of something …

July 18, 2012

When I was a child, my mother had a cross stitch saying framed and hung on the wall of our …

July 1, 2012

I have mentioned before our vineyards are on the slope of an extinct volcano. And so it goes to reason …

June 10, 2012

To say our soil is rocky is an understatement. In fact, I often wonder if it is more accurate to …

May 31, 2012

After a very dry, almost boarding on drought, and unusually warm early spring, the late spring has proved a wet …