The vineyard right now is looking really good. We are confident that this year is going to be a good production year, and we already have berries set and the clusters are really nice and full. Right now they are the size of BBs and everything is progressing as it should be. Currently, we’re paying attention to our canopy management, which consists of shoot positioning...
Read MoreIn the vineyard this month, we are in the process of injecting zinc and calcium into the soil to promote root growth that secondarily benefits the plant canopy. Additionally, we are doing some extensive suckering. This procedure of clipping the sucker canes is necessary to eliminate those that take away nutrients from the vine and shoots that produce fruit. Canopy...
Read MoreThroughout the month of April we are actually pretty busy in the vineyard. We are in the process of mowing, discing the soil, trellis wire positioning, pruning, shoot positioning, and tying the newly cut canes into position. We are also putting organic seaweed based fertilizer in the soil. If you have never heard of the term “discing” it’s essentially mowing and...
Read MoreWe are starting to see bud break in the vineyard. Bud break is the first stage of growth for a wine grape. Every grape begins its annual growth cycle around March. This growth process occurs over a number of days and the length is determined by the grape variety, location, and weather. It’s always an exciting time when the first sign of green begins emerging in the...
Read MoreRight now, in the vineyard, we are doing some soil testing to make sure it is healthy for the vines as we get ready for the growing season. We have just finished sending some soil to the lab to test for potassium, zinc and acid levels etc. We are happy to report that the drainage work we did a while back has worked really well. We did not have any standing water. This is...
Read MoreThis time of year we start irrigation if there isn’t enough rain to keep the vines roots wet enough so they don’t totally dry out. It’s also important to irrigate the cover crop. We planted it about six weeks ago, we like to see the seed germination by now. We might still have a late rains and that might help us with the cover crop. This is important...
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