The colder weather has sent the vines into dormancy so we can now spray herbicide under the vines at Newport Lane and spray herbicide to control broadleaved weeds in-between the vines at Newport Lane and Maple Woods. We will also be spraying pre-emergent herbicides at Maple Woods
Read more →This week, we will finish removing trees at Meadowcreek and we hope to finish painting the tops of posts at Meadowcreek. We will be spraying fungicide at Meadowcreek and herbicide at Maple Woods and in the front of Newport Lane Vineyard. The process of vines hardening off
Read more →This week, we expect to finish replacing posts at Meadow Creek and then focus on removing trees growing in our Marquette vineyard. We’ve taken advantage of cooler temperatures to start spraying fungicide in all vineyards. This week, we’ll finish up at Meadowcreek and then spray Maple Woods.
Read more →In addition to being a place where we grow grapes, our vineyards also attract a range of trees like cottonwoods and mulberries. We don’t want these and other “foreign” trees and plants in the vineyard because they compete with the grapes for water and nutrients in dry
Read more →In addition to being a place where we grow grapes, our vineyards also attract a range of trees like Cottonwoods and Mulberries. We don’t want these and other “foreign” trees and plants in the vineyard because they compete with the grapes in dry years for water and
Read more →We harvested a total of 121.73 tons of grapes from our vineyards and purchased another 6.5 tons from three other vineyards nearby. This is either a record, or very close to a record, for our vineyards. And, the good news is not restricted to quantity. The cellar
Read more →We’ve now harvested eight different grape varieties and have only the Frontenac and Sabrevois left to harvest. About 100 tons have been harvested from our vineyards, and we have purchased about 4.5 tons from other Iowa vineyards. That leaves only our Steuben from which we dropped the fruit.
Read more →We’ve now finished harvesting the following grape varieties: Brianna, Edelweiss, St. Pepin, LaCrosse, St. Croix, and Foch. We expect to begin harvesting Marquette on Wednesday of this week followed by La Crescent, Frontenac, and Sabrevois as they become ripe.
Read more →We began harvesting Brianna on Monday, August 17. These vines produced a heavy harvest this year and more important, the flavors are outstanding. Our Brianna will be used to make a semi-sweet white wine. We only have about 0.6 acres of Brianna so we expected to harvest
Read more →We began harvesting Brianna on Monday, August 17 and the harvest of Edelweiss won’t be far behind. Our Brianna will be used to make a semi-sweet white wine. We only have about 0.6 acres of Brianna so we expect to harvest only about 1,800 pounds of Brianna.
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