Vineyard 92. Last week I wrote in my diary that re-netting the vines was probably the worst, make that definitely the worst, job in the vineyard and, given all the other tasks – pruning, de-leafing, fertilising, spraying and so on, that’s quite a bold statement. But after two days of struggling to move it from…
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Vineyard 91 :The weather again
As you will know, if you’ve read these vineyard blogs before, the weather, at what we call the margins of vine growing, has featured frequently as a topic of some interest. That said I think I can honestly say, never like this. In the past we’ve had too cold, too wet, too windy, persistent frost,…
The Vineyard Years. A Podcast, Chapter 40: How many pheasants can a pheasant plucker pluck, etc.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:18 — 11.6MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | RSSThe Vineyard Years, Chapter 40. So many chapters and so many different challenges although to be fair this one is about birds again. More other people’s problems this time.
Vineyard 90: A Busy Time of Year
So Vineyard 90 and once again I can write that there’s plenty going on and across the whole spectrum of vineyard activities. From putting finishing touches to our latest production to the very beginning of the process, in other words planting our new arrivals, to which I referred in my last vineyard blog. Perversely I’ll…
Vineyard 89: Some new arrivals and places
So to Vineyard 89. It’s been more than a month since the last vineyard blog. The main reason being we’ve been away which, if you read the rest of this blog, will be obvious. That’s why I’ve been writing about our trip to America. This trip obviously gave us plenty of opportunity to taste American…
Vineyard 88: Spring in the vineyard
Spring in the vineyard. There’s plenty going off in our own vineyard right now but let me start elsewhere entirely. I read an article recently entitled ‘Climate change: We’re making wine in Norway’. See link below. A title that grabbed my interest as you might imagine. Then the article said there might soon be 20…
Vineyard 87: very nearly Spring again
It really does feel like Spring in the vineyard because we’ve had a warm and dry spell even though it’s only March. Which is nice but when it comes to ideal conditions for the vines at this time of year, then this very dry spell probably isn’t, ideal that is. We haven’t been up to…
Vineyard 86: Winter activities and more
I’ve written before in this vineyard blog about what we do in the winter months. Apart from any maintenance tasks and winter pruning at certain times which have become more variable the older the vineyard has become. Not good practice but that’s the way things are with us as we get, as well as the…
Vineyard 85 : a quiet period in the vineyard
When the tasks in the vineyard start to slow down at this time of year it’s inevitable that our thoughts turn farther afield to other people’s efforts. For example – Scrolling through my FB pages I came across this advert from ‘Quinta does Vales and the wine-making experience’. It’s a vineyard in Portugal I believe….
Vineyard 84: The big(ish) one, well not really
The big day/s in the vineyard year. The 16th and 17th of October, the days we picked the grapes. So a great relief to have all safely gathered in but not as many gathered in as I had hoped. When we arrived at Ryedale Vineyard, where we’re having the wine made, I admit I was…