Recent content by padolin

If it turns out bad you can always make "wine shine" out of it! Nothing lost!

Im hoping to get some fruit off of my nortons next year. Im excited to see how it comes out

This year was the first year i got any crop from my grapes. To get more volume of wine, i combined my chambourcin with Ives, which i hadnt realized is a cousin of concord. So, now, i have a sweet chambourcin. I was really thinking of oaking mine as well. I only have 8 gallons, so i may oak...

they are tearing me up this year. ive taken out one next and they dissappeared for a week or so. but it seems like they are back.

Things here in WV are going well. I had a brief scare with PM and i think ive made my way through that. The Ives and Chambourcin have started verasion and are looking good. This week im netting and putting in the electric to keep the coons away!

You may want to check with VA tech and see if they know of anyone who would sell.

sorry they are sideways...

Here is my small vineyard in WV. These are Valvin Muscat, NY Muscat, Chambourcin, Ives and traminette.

I finished up my pruning today. (90 or so vines) After pruning i sprayed with serenade. Ive got high hopes this year!

I am in West Virginia. near Charleston

Im new to Norton myself, i just put in 30 vines last year, 2 of which died. I was told AFTER i ordered that the only way you want norton is grafted. All of mine are own root. We will see...

i still havent produced the first bottle of wine! Im about 6 years into this. Ive got 6 varieties of grapes growing in the back yard. (put 30 vines out this year alone!) i have learned everything i know from the internet. I can tell you exactly what not to do when growing grapes...

I'm already on your mailing list. Can I sign up for the guwurztramuner?

im pretty sure the one pic is black rot, but not so sure about the single grape pic.

10 Valvin muscats 10 Ives 10 Chambourcin 10 New York muscats 13 Traminette 15 Various concords and Catawba