September 7, 2019
Do not despair!
Miraculously, almost all of our first vintage was sold before we could…
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September 1, 2019
Pinot Noir
Pinot’s real home is Burgundy and if you know the grape you probably…
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August 25, 2019
Stamina & Bonding
In between spraying and suckering (stripping excess side-shoots), you need…
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August 17, 2019
Training the Vines
The vineyard started to look like something. Especially when we stood at…
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August 9, 2019
Disaster: Nematodes
Because we had started so late in the winter, the vines were already in…
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August 3, 2019
Pinot Noir it is!
We identified a part of the farm which we thought would be best-suited for…
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July 27, 2019
Beginning at the beginning
For the last twenty years I’ve been teaching at Bay College (now Greenwood…
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July 19, 2019
The Chainsaw Massacre
Over the years I made various assaults on the wattles with my chainsaw but…
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July 13, 2019
The dumping ground
Back in the day the farm was a bit of a dump – in the literal sense of the…
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July 6, 2019
Lighting the Lounge
The “lounge” was pretty well-made and lined with tongue and groove but the…
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