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 …

2016 Harvest and Crush — Not Quite

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 …

July 17, 2016

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

April 29, 2016

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

September 21, 2015

While I have planted a significant amount of new Pinot gris and Tramini, until these have reached at least five …

June 28, 2015

June is a good month. Our cherry and mulberry trees ripen with fresh fruit for the picking, the vegetable garden …

September 16, 2014

It finally stopped raining today. My records show it rained 8 days in the first two week in this month …