Italian Riesling Bud Break 2017

April 11, 2017

Our Italian Riesling is budding out this week, with typical first leafing out nearest the cane ends. Meanwhile the Turán …

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 …

September 2, 2016

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

August 26, 2016

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

June 15, 2016

Many people may not think about this, but grape vines are an angiosperm, which means they are a flowering plant. …

April 29, 2016

We had a second day of frost. And the damage was more significant. The extent of damage was again spatial. …

April 26, 2016

We had freezing weather last night. It is nearly May, and this is the first time I have seen such …

December 19, 2015

After many years of planting and growing the new vines, our Turán (known as Agria in North America) wines are …