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, […]

“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

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

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

The hammock beckons.  On a breezy sunny Sunday afternoon in the County, it can be tough to head back to the big City.

Something new this Saturday morning – Micheline is packing up cases of Chardonnay and Pinot X2 and carting them to Toronto.  We’re opening a booth at the Withrow Park Farmers’ Market in Riverdale.  It’s a beautiful park to visit.  So if you need some locally grown wine to pair with your fresh organic veggies, come on

Three of our wines are now VQA approved! Pinot Noir 2013, Pinot X2 2013 and Chard 2013 (the Chard is still subject to label approval — a tiny tweak is necessary — but passed the VQA taste panel and the laboratory analysis). We don’t have labels printed yet but what the heck, we thought we’d let