Good Views Don’t Get Old

Good views in the vineyard don’t get old. Neither does a well-tended hillside.

Pruning Shears

A good pair of scissors in the vineyard is a must. Here the guys hung there’s up on a break from pruning the vineyard this winter.

Fresh Cut

Ready for spring. Pruned and taped vines. Winter work in the vineyard.

Pruning Pro

It’s always fun to watch a master at work. This is Francisco pruning a vineyard this winter. Cheers!

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Foggy Morning View

There’s nothing like having your head in the clouds. These views don’t get old.

Snow on the Mountains

We had some white-capped mountains in view this winter. The past few years has only given us a few frosty nights, but winter was back this year, and welcomed.

Ripening Olives

Wine country provides a perfect climate for wine grapes and other delicious foods including olives. The olives around here are ripening and getting ready for their own harvest, which generally occurs after the wine grape harvest.

Fall Colors

New England may boast and brag about it’s beautiful forest fall colors, but the vineyards in Northern California do not disappoint. The colors across the fields, against the fall … definitely November vibes.

Nets!

Nets also help prevent our feathered friends from getting to the fruit before we do. At harvest time, the first step is to remove the nets to expose the fruit - ready for harvest.

Falcon Kite

As the fruit begins to really ripen (and get sweet) some of our clients use falcon kites to help discourage the birds from collecting their own berries. These are so cool. Here we are installing one for the end of the growing season.

New Vineyard Infrastructure

Laying out and building new vineyard infrastructure is exiting. The new growth and shiny wires. Here are a few photos from when we added trellis wires to help support the new vine growth.

Nets

We’re not the only ones in the know… that know what good fruit looks and tastes like. The birds are on it. In some of our vineyards. We net the fruiting area of the vines to keep the birds at bay, and the wine grapes in tact.

Field Views

We talk about the vineyard as the field. We’re farming. We’re farming grapes. Some of the vineyards we tend have other fields around them. It’s good to be in the field.

Home Garden Update

The corn is now taller than all of us, and we see the ears of corn starting to grow. The birds have started stealing blueberries. We have a baby watermelon. We picked another squash and plan for cucumbers this weekend. Tomatoes are growing but not ripe yet (it always feels like such a long runway to tomato deliciousness).

How about you? Pick anything summery good from your garden recently?

2021 Grapes

2021 wines grapes - they’re growing and we’ve got bunches and bunches hanging from the vines. No longer baby grapes, but definitely still green.

Sunshine in the Vineyard

The sun has been shining strongly; we’ve had heat waves and the vines are soaking it up and reaching to the sky. It’s an exciting time in the vineyard with all the new growth (yes, we’re bias and love being in the vineyard all times of year)!

Suckering vines

As the vines grow, we continue to guide them towards the best growth - funneling their energy towards growth and premium grapes. We’ve been in the vineyards suckering the vines and removing shoots.

Early June in the Vineyard

The rows are looking good and we’re starting to see baby grapes!

Erosion Control

In the vineyard - On a steep hillside vineyard we brought straw before the recent rain storms. Photos from our work below. May it rain again soon!

Good Fruit

Seeing the fruit grow in the vineyard never gets old. It’s a product of good pruning and tending of the vines. It’s the anticipation of what they will become, and an acknowledgement of the vines’ demands and measure of time based only on sunlight/weather.

Here are some photos from this week. Old vine fruit and grape vine shoots.