Recent content by hanfordhollowvineyar

I won't call you crazy, but everything I've read about growing in my area says vinifera don't work. It gets (or used to get) really cold here in the winter and I'm at almost 2000 ft.

I'm just starting out in the western foothills of the Catskill mountains in NY State. Normally no one grows wine grapes here, so mine is an experiment. Choosing cold hardy Frontenac Gris and Marquette. I've got about 60 vines on a south facing slope that has a lot of shale and clay. I'm in the...

Thanks. I've used them to buy my 14 vines. But I was looking for more particular advice. Also I found Double A to have fairly expensive prices compared to other places.

I have a small vineyard I am planting. At this point there will be about 60 vines. I've already planted 7 Marquette and 7 Frontenac Gris. I live in upstate NY at around 1700 feet in the Catskills. I'm wondering if I should stay with those two varieties and just plant half of one and half of the...