Aging Barrel

October 22, 2013

When one thinks of a winery and wine making, one often imagines wine aging gracefully in oak barrels. And so …

2013 Turán (Agria) Harvest

September 24, 2013

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

September 11, 2013

Harmonia axyridis. Or In other words, this little critter: The Asian Ladybug Beetle is a non-native species that was introduced …

September 10, 2013

I harvested our Pinot Gris (Szürkebarát in Hungarian) over the weekend. It was going to rain this week so there …

August 18, 2013

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

April 30, 2013

This is the third installment in my Tale of Two Properties serial. Progress on Property 1: I have already posted …

March 13, 2013

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

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 …