ICF Filter House/Pavilion Concrete Poured
For a chronological listing of our building projects with ICF (or insulated concrete forms), be sure to look through the ICF Building Index. Well, it has…
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Winemaking – Crushing Grapes
As I posted earlier, we are hobby winemakers with the aspiration of having our own, real winery one day. As a result, our batches of wine…
Winemaking – Pressing Grapes
In anticipation of Aglianico grape harvest and more grapes to make our own wine, it was important to clear out the Montepulciano fermenting in the…
Aglianico Harvest 2012
It is time to do our Aglianico harvest for 2012! Aglianico is an Italian red variety which is one of the later grapes to ripen….
Brie is Born!
Sunday is the day for our cows to calve! If you remember, Buttercup had LBC on Sunday while we were at church. Yesterday, after returning…
Hobby Winemakers
After last week’s Montepulciano harvest, we gleaned the vines and have ended up with enough grapes to make 80-90 gallons of wine! Lest you worry that we…
Montepulciano Grape Harvest 2012
Amazingly, it is the middle of September and we are almost finished with harvest – both the Roussane and Montepulciano grapes are finished! Our second…
Roussanne Grape Harvest 2012
Monday began our week long Roussanne grape harvest! At 3:00 am we awakened, had coffee and prepared for the trucker’s arrival. The majority of preparation was done…
Pellenc 4560 Grape Harvester
I posted last week on Facebook that John and the boys were in California looking at a harvester – a Pellenc 4560 grape harvester. Well,…
Grapes – Are They Ripe Yet?
You might think that you can tell if a grape is ripe just by taste. To some extent that is true. For the winemaker, though,…