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AlFulchino... Thanks for the feedback... Cornell seems to be the east coast answer to Davis I will be spending more time on their site... And just to clarify... My wife is the all natural organic freak.... I love butter and bacon and whatever sprays will protect my vines the best...

AlFulchino... Are you speaking of a 4 arm kniffen, I have seen YouTube clips of backyard vineyards that had noiret and corot noir trained to 4 arm kniffen and his harvest looked very bountiful.... Also any advice on organic sprays like neem oil.

Saddlebronze.... Thanks for the intro ... I actually get my soil tested at the local DOA experiment station in Windsor it's free and when you label your samples with what you plan on growing they give you soil amendment recommendations... You should check it out they have a great vineyard on site.

Rock... What a relief to hear that... I have done their premium California grapes from Suisun Valley and have been very pleased buy up till now haven't heard much feed back on their Chilean fruit... Thanks for the feedback...

Grapeman - as for whites, is there another varity you would recommend, several vineyard in CT grow Cayuga and Seyval, however I find that they don't offer a whole lot of character. Pretty basic whites with some citrus flavors. The traminette intrigued me because of the spice and floural...

Grapeman - I have been researching top wire cordon for the Marquette but I am confused about the pruning style. Would I cane prune along the top cordon and leave a couple back-up canes until the threat of frost passes, or would i spur prun to like 5 bud canes.

I plan on buying about a dozen cases of Chilean grapes from M&M in Hartford, has anyone had experience with their Chilean fruit. I was thinking a half dozen Cabernet and a half dozen Carmenere, anyone have a good Chilean Carmenere recipe. I Plan on fermenting them separately then possibly...

I am ready to order marquette vines from arberfoyle nurseries. I live in central CT, about a mile from the river. Most sites are saying I am in zone 6A, however after the 4' stockpile of snow last winter, I want to play it same, so I have chosen a dozen marquette vines and a dozen traminette. I...