I wrote in my last vineyard blog that there had been plenty going off in the vineyard world. And things have been no different in the last four weeks. For example, last Wednesday we decided to give ourselves a treat and went into Leeds for lunch and throughout the day a lot happened related to… Continue reading Vineyard 83: Well we can hope
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Vineyard 82: A world of paradox
Instead of the customary four weeks between vineyard blogs, this clocks in at about three weeks. And the reason being there’s plenty to write about that needs an airing right now. For example there’s the paradox of the birds. There are many paradoxes with our vineyard first and foremost why would any sensible couple persist… Continue reading Vineyard 82: A world of paradox
Vineyard 81 : Things definitely growing
Just over a month since the last vineyard blog, number 80, so time to get up to date with number 81. The main topic of this blog is growth. We’ve had a fair mixture of sun and rain and the weather in our neck of the woods can rarely be said to be fair, so… Continue reading Vineyard 81 : Things definitely growing
Vineyard 80 : Plenty going off
Between what’s going off at a national level and the action in our own small vineyard, there’s plenty happening. Through our membership of the WineGB group, reading magazines like the one above and watching the odd on-line seminar (as the last one which was about planting new vines), we keep in touch. The seminar topic… Continue reading Vineyard 80 : Plenty going off
Vineyard 79 : Keeping up to date
I wrote in my last vineyard blog 78, that I’d ordered 100 new replacement vines – 50 Solaris and 50 of the new wonder Swiss variety – Divico. Unfortunate name but if it does well in our rather unique setting then who cares how silly its name is. Anyway the point is that they, and… Continue reading Vineyard 79 : Keeping up to date
Vineyard 78 : What does this year hold?
It’s been over a month since my last vineyard blog. Not a lot has happened in the vineyard in the intervening period. And if it had I wouldn’t have known about it because we haven’t been there since, nor in the previous 3 months. I suppose if there was a time to be absent then… Continue reading Vineyard 78 : What does this year hold?
Vineyard 77 : New beginnings?
It’s nice to start the New Year with a more optimistic blog than the one I finished 2020 with. A view of the future perhaps? Obviously there hasn’t been a lot to write about regarding life in our vineyard. Since my last blog in December we’ve had Christmas, snow and the over-riding negative of the… Continue reading Vineyard 77 : New beginnings?
Vineyard 76 : 2020, what a f..cker of a year
It’s about seven weeks since my last vineyard blog, which misses my monthly schedule of the last few years, by quite some distance. And this one is also likely to be short. There have been two very good reasons for this shortness and the gap. First we’ve had a very bad year grape-wise and this,… Continue reading Vineyard 76 : 2020, what a f..cker of a year
Vineyard 75 : Looking back, is it a good idea?
We were sitting outside the barn looking out over our vineyard. If you get the right angle and distance it doesn’t look too bad as perhaps you can see in the photo above. From the right angle you can’t see the dead vines or that there are no grapes on the ones that are still… Continue reading Vineyard 75 : Looking back, is it a good idea?
Vineyard 74 : Beginning to take some action
I realise it’s not a month since I posted the last vineyard blog but to be honest there’s so much going off that I need to get some of it at least, out there. So here we go. Sad to say what’s going off is not what a vineyard owner, albeit a modest one, would… Continue reading Vineyard 74 : Beginning to take some action