Well here goes my adventure...
I planted my begining small vineyard on our family farm last spring. The grapes are: Vidal Blanc, Traminette, Vignoles, Noiret, Marquette, NY95, and Concord.
The initial vineyard is located in a feild that had beenunused for a long time. A North East facing (good in our region),steep sloped hill with heavy clay and limestone rock outcroppings. This site was almost unusable for about everything except maybe grapes or goats. Goats aren't as awesome as wine andthe grapes didwonderful last year.
When I was in college, my mom introduced me to a couple of her freinds that made wine together, and well the passion began there. I've stewed on this idea for over ten years and I am ready to move foward. It may take me ten more years (not rich,extremely tight budget... if any), but I have aspirations of having a small farm winery.
I planted my begining small vineyard on our family farm last spring. The grapes are: Vidal Blanc, Traminette, Vignoles, Noiret, Marquette, NY95, and Concord.
The initial vineyard is located in a feild that had beenunused for a long time. A North East facing (good in our region),steep sloped hill with heavy clay and limestone rock outcroppings. This site was almost unusable for about everything except maybe grapes or goats. Goats aren't as awesome as wine andthe grapes didwonderful last year.
When I was in college, my mom introduced me to a couple of her freinds that made wine together, and well the passion began there. I've stewed on this idea for over ten years and I am ready to move foward. It may take me ten more years (not rich,extremely tight budget... if any), but I have aspirations of having a small farm winery.