The weekend to plant the vines finally arrived! The vines arrived in excellent condition from Double A Vineyards in NY on Thursday. On Saturday I ran trellis wire on the Mid Wire Cordon and Top Wire Cordon trellises. My Geneva Double Curtain trellis for the Norton will have to be re-engineered since the cross arms
Wow, we had a very productive weekend in the vineyard. I rented a one-man post hole digger to make the job of digging 6 end post holes, 3 line post holes and 24 planting holes a bit easier. Also needed to make sure I broke through a couple sections of hardpan. The post hole digging
Winery Snapshot 04.08.15 By the numbers; 188 total bottles of wine in the racks. Just ageing and chilling. 5 gallons Mezza Luna white – to be bottled soon. 81 empty bottles clean, sanitized and ready to use 31 empties to be de-labeled, cleaned and sanitized Wine includes: Anniversary Wine