From Our Vineyard

We have removed all of the under-vine weeds at Maple Woods and have gone back to remove suckers and to tying up the vines as needed. We have been mowing all of the vineyards. And, we moved macro bins to each of the vineyards and got them

Our vineyard team has made excellent progress in getting the Maple Woods vineyard cleaned up and ready for harvest. We got our hawk kites up. They look like hawks to birds who leave the grapes alone when they see the kites. The Sabrevois looks really good and

We have been removing suckers and tying vines to the trellis, under-vine mowing, and then weed wacking in all three of our vineyards. We are also removing trees that are growing where we are working. We are spraying to control Japanese Beetles and repairing damaged posts. We

We have been making great use of our under-vine mower which we then follow with our little army of high school students and their weed wackers. The vineyards are not only looking better but we are expecting to get a bigger harvest of high-quality grapes. And, we

We are making excellent progress in cleaning up the vineyard floor by removing weeds, trees, and suckers from the strip under the vines at Maple Woods Vineyard. This work is very time consuming but anything growing under the trellis competes with the vines for water and nutrients

Last week, we planted 1,587 Clarion vines in a two acre parcel where we had Sabrevois vines that were first planted in 2004. Planting vines is a multi-step process. Keep the vine cuttings damp until they are planted. Mark where the new vines will be planted with

Last week, we continued to work on vineyard clean-up. This involves removing weeds from under the vines because they compete with the vines for nutrients and water. We now have our Fischer under-vine mower operational and that speeds up the process by removing most of the weeds

Our vineyard crew has been removing suckers and weeds from beneath the vines. Work started in Meadowcreek East and moved to Meadowcreek West where both the La Crescent and Marquette are now done. We also cleaned up the nine rows in the northwest corner of Tassel Ridge

The high school students, some of whom worked for us last year, will work until they return to school in August. The first tasks to be completed included weed-eating and removal of suckers on vines in the Meadowcreek East Block and La Crescent Block, also in Meadowcreek.

We are making slow progress mowing and fertilizing in our vineyards. Weather has prevented some outdoor work but equipment failures has been another problem. And, we just don’t have enough labor to get all the work done. The good news is that on June 1, we have