Hello from a brand new winemaker!

[Ventisei]

My husband and I love wine and appreciate the artistry. We lived in the Bay Area for years and frequently spent time in wineries in the area. We always dreamed of planting a vineyard but never had the space. We moved to South Reno, Nevada and bought a house with the perfect area for planting a few vines so we took the plunge. UNR had a great professor, Dr. Grant Cramer who did years of research with test vineyards for wine grape growing in Nevada. (We are at 4500 ft elevation on the side of hill). We followed his advice and planted 30 Merlot vines 3.5 years ago. I am retired and have had the time to baby these grapes. This will be our first year harvesting our grapes to attempt to make wine. To get some practice, we are currently making 3 gallons of Cabernet Sauvignon from 5 gallons of frozen must we got from Livermore, CA. This is a learning experience and I am loving it!

 

[ChuckD]

Beautiful vineyard and scenery… but you might want to move that rock before someone trips over it!

Welcome from a fellow hobby grape grower.

 

[Ohio Bob]

Welcome to WMT!

 

[Ventisei]

Haha, believe me, we tried to move that damn rock!

 

[Rocky]

Hey "26," Welcome to the forum. Love your layout and it appears you have a fine harvest coming. Keep us up on the ripening and harvest (I assume late September or early October).

What breed of puppy is that?

 

[Rice_Guy]

welcome to WMT
I have found that I could move concrete steps / entry after renting a jack hammer

 

[David Violante]

Welcome to WMT!

 

[Jovimaple]

Welcome to WMT!

 

[Garagista]

That is exciting. Welcome!

 

[GSMChris]

Welcome to WMT! Beautiful vineyard!

 

[Garagista]

welcome to WMT
I have found that I could move concrete steps / entry after renting a jack hammer

Good idea. It’s just my nature but that rock bothers me - its just a personal problem of mine.

 

[Omabob]

Welcome

 

[Ventisei]

Hey "26," Welcome to the forum. Love your layout and it appears you have a fine harvest coming. Keep us up on the ripening and harvest (I assume late September or early October).

What breed of puppy is that?

I’m impressed you know what Ventisei means!! My husband is Italian and both of our kids were born on the 26th.
Our puppy is Leocino and he is a giant labradoodle.

 

[sour_grapes]

Looks great! Welcome to WMT!

 

[Christopher Anderson]

My husband and I love wine and appreciate the artistry. We lived in the Bay Area for years and frequently spent time in wineries in the area. We always dreamed of planting a vineyard but never had the space. We moved to South Reno, Nevada and bought a house with the perfect area for planting a few vines so we took the plunge. UNR had a great professor, Dr. Grant Cramer who did years of research with test vineyards for wine grape growing in Nevada. (We are at 4500 ft elevation on the side of hill). We followed his advice and planted 30 Merlot vines 3.5 years ago. I am retired and have had the time to baby these grapes. This will be our first year harvesting our grapes to attempt to make wine. To get some practice, we are currently making 3 gallons of Cabernet Sauvignon from 5 gallons of frozen must we got from Livermore, CA. This is a learning experience and I am loving it!

Welcome to WMT!

 

[Texas Winer]

My husband and I love wine and appreciate the artistry. We lived in the Bay Area for years and frequently spent time in wineries in the area. We always dreamed of planting a vineyard but never had the space. We moved to South Reno, Nevada and bought a house with the perfect area for planting a few vines so we took the plunge. UNR had a great professor, Dr. Grant Cramer who did years of research with test vineyards for wine grape growing in Nevada. (We are at 4500 ft elevation on the side of hill). We followed his advice and planted 30 Merlot vines 3.5 years ago. I am retired and have had the time to baby these grapes. This will be our first year harvesting our grapes to attempt to make wine. To get some practice, we are currently making 3 gallons of Cabernet Sauvignon from 5 gallons of frozen must we got from Livermore, CA. This is a learning experience and I am loving it!

Hi from Texas!
That sounds exciting and fun! Thats where I am too, retired and have the time to give it my all. I planted 40 and have 40 ordered for delivery next spring. Its been fun and I can't wait to get to the winemaking part with my own grapes! So jealous you are already there, but I will just keep moving along and it'll be there before I know it!

 

[Ventisei]

Hi from Texas!
That sounds exciting and fun! Thats where I am too, retired and have the time to give it my all. I planted 40 and have 40 ordered for delivery next spring. It’s been fun and I can't wait to get to the winemaking part with my own grapes! So jealous you are already there, but I will just keep moving along and it'll be there before I know it!

Good luck and have fun! Enjoy the process!