Hi Everyone,
Nice to find a forum like this! My wife and I recently moved to Idaho from California and an
important criteria for selecting our new homestead was a place that supported growing
grapes. That led us to the winemaking region in South Western Idaho. We planted 90
Tempranillo and 90 Chardonnay vines last year and they're doing great so far. We have room
for a total of 1000 vines.
We're also going to be making our own wine and have been building a facility for this. Our
long-term goal is to form a co-op so that others can get involved in grape-growing and
winemaking. There's no way we could take care of 1000 vines by ourselves.
At some point we'd like to go commercial assuming we can create a nice-enough product.
Our vineyard will be Live Certified (http://www.livecertified.org).
The owner of a local vineyard/winery (just down the street) said in a curmudgeonly voice "Skip
growing the grapes just and make the wine from purchased juice." We took that as a challenge.
We're going to do everything from scratch. How hard could it be?
This year we'll be buying grapes and making a small batch of Syrah. Lots of
preparation to do....
Victor
Nice to find a forum like this! My wife and I recently moved to Idaho from California and an
important criteria for selecting our new homestead was a place that supported growing
grapes. That led us to the winemaking region in South Western Idaho. We planted 90
Tempranillo and 90 Chardonnay vines last year and they're doing great so far. We have room
for a total of 1000 vines.
We're also going to be making our own wine and have been building a facility for this. Our
long-term goal is to form a co-op so that others can get involved in grape-growing and
winemaking. There's no way we could take care of 1000 vines by ourselves.
At some point we'd like to go commercial assuming we can create a nice-enough product.
Our vineyard will be Live Certified (http://www.livecertified.org).
The owner of a local vineyard/winery (just down the street) said in a curmudgeonly voice "Skip
growing the grapes just and make the wine from purchased juice." We took that as a challenge.
We're going to do everything from scratch. How hard could it be?
This year we'll be buying grapes and making a small batch of Syrah. Lots of
preparation to do....
Victor
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