Bud break is a bit late this year, we havent had a stretch of really hot weather to push those buds out. But its comming and the Marechal F...

Beautiful time of year and its always a surprise to find what has happened under the snow over the winter. It reveals so many questions...w...

So a few years back (well about 10) I blogged about Sunset Ridge Vineyard and the fantastic grapes they were growing in the west Kootnays r...

In an earlier blog I talked about how dark red the juice of the Marechal Foch grape is (see link ). We just bottled the rose' wine an...

Its been a really warm winter so far and up until end of December not too much snow. The coldest temperature to January 7, 2020 is about -1...

One thing that you immediately see when you crush and press Marechal Foch grapes is the juice is already dark red. Many other varieties of ...

Was a good year overall with average heat but above average rain. The grapes and clusters were big and heavy. Some cracking on a few variet...

We have been experimenting with Vandal Cliche for several years and it has proven itself at our vineyard time and again. This grape was...

One of the things that can happen with some grape varieties is that they are prone to splitting. For those varieties that experience this i...

So far so good, as of September 13 the grapes are ripening well and on par with most years. As usual we could just about be harvesting the ...