Vineyard Progress
Here are pics of our progress on clearing and planting the vineyard site.
Vineyard April 11 & 12 2015
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
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
Cabin Pics 03.29.15
Random cabin scenes… Snow! ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 15 Light snow Fri overnight
Birthday Wknd in the Vineyard March 2015
We had a nice 3 day weekend in the mountains to celebrate my Birthday (and work on the vineyard). The weather was beautiful again with sunny skies and temps in the 60’s. I may be biased, but there seem to be many, many days we have in the mountains that are simply gorgeous – cloudless,
Primo Bacco Vinaio
One of my Birthday gifts from my wife. I love it. She’s getting creative! Here is his story: Primo Bacco Vinaio (Preemo Bahko Vi NAY-o) Meet Roman general Primo Bacco Vinaio. His name is very symbolic – Primo (first), Bacco (Italian for Bacchus, the Roman god of agriculture, harvest and wine (also debauchery and fertility!)
First weekend of Spring
March 21 & 22 2015 Hooray! Signs of Spring have finally arrived to the N GA mountains. Saturday was a beautiful day to be out working. The sun was shining bright with temps in the mid 60’s. I was forced to change the locations of the rows after discovering areas of hard pan. Hard pan
Rain!-UPDATE!
Rain, snow and ice. Plans to grade the vineyard on the weekend of March 7 & 8 2015 have been squelched by rain. The area received about 5 inches of snow the last week of February. That was followed the next week by rain two days and one day of more snow making the slope
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The champion mouser hard at work. Gracie.JPG ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 5
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