We started this week working on the Marquette trellis in unusually nice weather for December. When we were pruning the Marquette, it was clear that the trellis really needed some attention. We needed to fix some wires that had broken, replace staples that had pulled out, and
Read more →The vineyard crew started mechanical pruning of our Marquette vines with the mechanized sprawl pruner. This takes three people with one person driving the tractor that pulls the V-mech mechanical platform and two people in the V-mech. One person prunes the right hand row while the other
Read more →The vineyard crew is finishing replacing broken posts and removing Mulberry trees at Meadowcreek Vineyard this week. If they get done before the end of the week, they will move to Tassel Ridge Vineyard where we have lots of trees to remove. Now that the ground temperature
Read more →Our vines are welcoming the rain but they are all getting ready for a long winter’s sleep. The leaves are getting both darker and in some varieties more yellow, but are still hanging on. A couple of cold nights below 32°F and a windy day will leave
Read more →Removing Mulberry Trees in the vineyard is challenging because they have to be pulled by the roots. So, damp ground makes it all much easier. While we are pulling Mulberry trees, if we encounter a post that has rotted off at the ground, we will dig it
Read more →The recent rain storms have softened the ground and are making it easier to remove broken posts and Mulberry Trees. We are taking full advantage of the moist ground and are making steady progress with both posts and trees. We have used our rainy days to get
Read more →We are working on pulling posts that were broken during harvest and then replacing them with new posts. The Vineyard crew has finished spraying for the season so we are getting our sprayers cleaned up, winterized with anti-freeze in tanks, and then put away in the appropriate
Read more →We always manage to break trellis posts during harvest and this week, we’ll try to get them all replaced. This is just hard work. We have to dig the base of the old post out and we slip a new post down in its place. Then we
Read more →Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as we picked the last grapes on Thursday morning. The grape variety was Frontenac and both the quality and quantity was outstanding. On Friday we processed the grapes and started to clean things up. This week, we’ve cleaned the harvest equipment
Read more →After allowing for rain, we harvest almost every day right now. Most of our grape varieties are approaching ripeness, fortunately in a nice sequence. We received a load of Petite Pearl from a grower on Sunday, harvested Sabrevois at Maple Woods and Steuben at Meadowcreek on Monday,
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