Spring certainly seems to be in full swing, and it seems we are a couple of weeks ahead of "normal". Buds are forming on the vitis labrusca in the yard, and cold hardy grape activities are popping up as well. Below are three posts that came across the trellis, regarding extension work being d
04.23.2010| Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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This past Saturday March 27th Lake Champlain Wines held an afternoon pruning workshop and informal wine tasting at Hid-in-Pines Vineyard, and it was well attended by about 40 folks, despite the crisp temperatures. Thank goodness for the strong spring sunshine taking the edge off of the high pressu
03.29.2010| Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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A 'quick and dirty' label we produced for a short run bottling of home made wine for the festivities. All due apologies to Guido Reni, the god Bacchus, and Wee Folk everywhere. What the heck would make someone go to spend a long weekend in Scranton, PA? After all, isn't it just a post indutr
03.17.2010| Press Notes, Taster, Wine Making | todd
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I'll try to refrain from rambling and keep this on track, since I am still digesting the content of two back-to-back, meet-the-wine maker dinners, with Randall Grahm and Bruno De Conciliis. The fruits of the conversations, are still fermenting... After debating about whether to enter the next ite
03.3.2010| Media Reviews, Press Notes, Taster, Video, Wine Making | todd
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Imagine our amazement when our wine making buddy Tony Velturo asked if I had been to the E.C. Kraus wine making supply web site lately...and if we knew my doppleganger was on the front page? What? Sure enough. Now we know that some people are excited about this project we've started, and th
02.12.2010| Media Reviews, Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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This just in from Kevin Iungerman regarding Viculture 2010. Kevin is with the Cornell University Cooperative Extension, coordinating a huge portion of upstate NY, to provide research, education and support for commercial tree fruit and grape programs. The early-bird rates for the conventi
02.12.2010| Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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My trusty winemaking partner Tony Velturo got an invite from his son-in-law, to attend a monthly "Knights of the Wine Table" meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. This month it was held at The Capital Grille downtown, and afterwards we stopped to check out the only real wine supply store in t
02.3.2010| Press Notes, Taster, Video, Wine Making | todd
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My much beloved spouse and I finally got an evening to relax, kick back and watch movie that she got for me over the holidays (it was on Santa's list). Merlove ~ a Documentary About Merlot Wine (2008) is a home spun retort to the epic effect which another movie ( Sideways ), had on American perce
01.25.2010| Media Reviews, Press Notes, Taster, Wine Making | todd
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This just in from the cold climate grape production project at UVM... Lorraine Berkett is who leads the program and she's just made some additions to their website. The information on the site is limited, but it does have upcoming events that folks might find interesting and relevant. I've
01.19.2010| Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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Due to travel plans, I was fortunate to be able to change my schedule and attend the monthly meeting of the LCGGA. These are normally held on Thursdays which are tough for me, but once and a while it works out. These are a group of folks I originally met through volunteering at the Cornell Unive
01.14.2010| Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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I'll try to refrain from rambling and keep this on track, since I am still digesting the content of two back-to-back, me...
This past Saturday March 27th Lake Champlain Wines held an afternoon pruning workshop and informal wine tasting at Hid-i...
January gets ready to slip into February, and it's been pretty cold. The sun has been out but the air is so crisp, tha...
