One of the things Im on the look out for when I walk the vineyard rows is the presence of "bad" insects that may be damaging to t...

With the cooler weather so far in May and June the vines are a little behind what we have been use too. May came in at about an average tem...

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...