The vines are buried, the tractors are silent, the tasting room locked until Spring, and another vineyard season draws to a close.  Every season brings constellation of new challenges and this season was no different.  We enjoyed every second of it. The last couple of days were spent assembling a pile of year-end orders. I felt like […]
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Woody is waiting to welcome you to our vineyard
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Harvest is a culmination of two year’s of hard work in the vineyard.  Vine commit biological resources to fruit production two years ahead of harvest, when shoots grow and nodes form.  The nodes will sprout next year’s buds, and from the buds, more shoots.  On each new shoot, more nodes form and two clusters of
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Early in the County’s history,  European settlers thought it might be nice to import a flowering relative of the Morning Glory.  They planted it and it thrived.  Convolvulus  Arvensis or Field Bindweed sports fragrant pink and white flowers which dot our vineyard landscape like a constellation of stars. Pretty, but it grows up into the grapevines and fouls the equipment, choking the vines and slowing
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Anika waters our grape vines on a hot summer’s day
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Summer is almost here and activity around the winery and vineyard has become constant.  On Wednesday Cecil, Candace, Sue and I enjoyed the sunlight and the light breeze in the vineyard as we all worked tucking shoots up into the trellis system.  It’s enjoyable to work amongst the greenery and chat with everyone.  “Many hands
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Out at Broken Stone Winery, Spring has gone from a slow cool start to finish windy and hot. Â It’s the dry sort of weather where Norm, my farmer neighbour, starts saying things like “even the rabbits are carrying their own water”. Â Over our septic tank, the green growing grass quickly went from lush and soft
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Other winemakers say that the hardest part of starting a winery isn’t growing the grapes or making the wine — it’s selling it. I tell people that wine is easy to sell. They should try selling financial data, like I used to.  I would ask a customer, “would you like to try my financial data?”  They would cross their
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For a change of pace, we’re posting a travel note from our assistant winemaker Candace Battig.  It’s hard to believe that just as our vines prepare to bud, the Kiwis will be just finishing their harvest. “Summer 2016 has come to a close!   That is  — if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere. This past Winter,
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Plans for our annual bus tour to Prince Edward County are coming together on June 18.  This year we visit five unique wineries and have a delicious barbecue lunch at Broken Stone Winery.  We anticipate our third bus tour will be as magical as each of the previous.  This is a great chance to sample and buy spectacular local wines,
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