Champlain Valley - Grapemans' vineyard - Planting to small winery

[OilnH2O]

Congrats, Rich -- I think this work helps us all -- glad you're able to build on what you've already done!

 

[grapeman]

After spending the last few days doing a bit of pruning in the vineyard, I woke up to a coupleinches of a really stick snow this AM. Tomorrow we are supposed to get about 6 inches. Nothing like late winter in the Champlain Valley!

 

[ibglowin]

Gorgeous! Thanks for posting.

I would love to get some higher res ones for desktop screensaver etc.!

 

[fivebk]

It probably just seems like cold to you, but I think those are some beautiful pics!!!!!

BOB

 

[Wade E]

Rich, you can keep the snow up there and leave the almost 69* temps over here!!!!!

 

[Dean]

We've got an early spring here so far. Everything is 2 to 3 weeks earlier. Hopefully this makes up for last year where it was the coldest spring on record, and everything was 3 to 4 weeks late. Harvest was pathetic.

 

[Wade E]

Rich, I said to keep the snow there, you must have misread my post as I woke up this morning to 4" of snow!!!

 

[grapeman]

I predict you may get more, although I think it is coming from the southwest and traveling northeast, so you might not get the blast from this afternoon we got here.

 

[grapeman]

Wade I hope you don't get what we got. Everybody kept asking for snow, so we got more. We now have 8 inches of heavy wet snow on the ground on top of the other days snow. YUCK!!! Enough that I need to plow the driveway, and that is a half day job. The wind is gusting over 40 mph and visibility is about 10 feet along with 25 degree temps. Wade I'm gonna send it over so watch out!

 

[OilnH2O]

And people wonder why I say, "Global Warming? Bring it on!"

 

[Wade E]

I hear you there buddy. Rich, I didnt get that much. Looks like we will be getting approx 6" tomorrow night though

!

 

[Dean]

yeesh! I just saw the weather report for Boston/New York/Connecticut. Damn, I feel for you guys.
This morning was sunny, but as I got on my motorcycle to commute into work, it was like I was entering a strange land. Usually Vancouver is the one without snow and the outlying areas that I live in get it. Today was opposite. I thought it was a great day to ride in. As I got closer to the city the snow was getting deeper and deeper. Finally the console on my bike started to say "ICE", to tell me to be afraid, VERY afraid.
I hope you guys thaw out soon and get rid of all that damn snow.

 

[Wade E]

Well we ended up getting about 2 inches and then it turned to rain and washed it away! Yeah baby!

 

[grapeman]

Another 6 inches here of wet sticky snow. At least it is close to freezing. Some reports predict another foot this weekend. YUCK!

 

[Bartman]

My kids would love that. As it is here in Dallas, they are being forced to play on the playground in short sleeves with these 75-80 degree afternoons. Oh, how we envy you northerners with the "fun" weather!

 

[Wade E]

Bart, if I could reach through this screen why Id!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[grapeman]

For those of you over here on Winemaking talk that haven't been over to Fine Vine Wines Forum, this is my thread on my vineyard from beginning to today as a small commercial winery. I will update this as time allows. I hope most of the pictures are back working after some being gone due to previous forum upgrades. Tex has done a great job in migrating the FVW forum and pictures.

 

[jacko]

What type of grapes are popular for north yorkshire

 

[jacko]

How do I go about making cuttings from vines?

 

[grapeman]

I have no idea what grapes are popular in north yorkshire since I live in New York in the US.

Hardwood cuttings are easy to make. Just take the prunings you remove from the wood and cut them up into pieces about 3 buds long. Use the ones about the size of a pencil. Make sure when they are planted that the buds point upward. To do that when you cut them, cut the bottom flat about a half inch below the bottom bud. Count up 3 buds and make a diagonal cut about an inch above that bud.