Harvest Images

Harvest approaches!  After testing our grapes and evaluating the health of the vines, we decided that we’d throw our Harvest Party on October 4th-5th.  In spite of the cool summer, everything seems to be on track for our biggest harvest ever!  What a great feeling! Harvest is hard work but so much fun.  Hard work, […]

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Ripening Rituals

“Oh no…. go away!” I yelled as a flock of hundreds of starlings swooped through our vineyards.   I guess it’s time to get the electric fences up and bird control in operation! So this weekend the tractors were quiet.  The most important vineyard job right now is critter control.   I went to town and picked up

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Our Zetor 3340

I remember when we bought our first tractor. It seems like a long time ago, when I had only the foggiest notion of what a three point hitch is.  The ad exclaimed that the deal included a grape hoe and full tank of diesel for only $9,500.  It sounded like a great deal, and so the Zetor was

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Veraison 2014

The first purple berries of veraison appear, as the grapes start to ripen and change colour.  Exciting times in the vineyard:  we can start planning for Harvest.  It also sparks a flurry of activity as we rush to deploy our netting, bird control, and electric fences to defend against the little critters that love our

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Prince Edward County Family Photographer 6

Les Trois Soeurs

Last Sunday we took a break from tending vines and closed the gate so no one could come down the lane.  The talented & bubbly Jill Promoli had arrived to shoot family photos.  It’s something we always wanted to do and never seemed to find the time. At one point we contemplated using “Trois Soeurs”

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Planting Days

Against all common sense, we’ve decided to plant more grape vines!  So right now, we’re soaking the roots of 3000 new Cabernet Franc and Pinot Gris vines in water.  James Wiens came from Niagara this week with his big planting machine to put ’em in the ground, but the rains came and the clay soil

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