12 Jun Field of Dreams – The Birth of our New Vineyard
Heart & Hands began with a dream of finding a limestone-rich site for Pinot Noir. Our first vineyard is thriving, and we are now embarking on a vineyard expansion...
Finger Lakes Vineyard Tag
05 May And now for the clusters…
With the San Diego-like temperatures this past week (clear, sunny, mid 70's), the vines made a quick leap from bud break to a first showing of the clusters. The forecast for this week doesn't look like there will be much of a change, so we're...
01 May Bud Break 2013!
Just in time for the derby season...
02 Apr The Start of the Season
One of the first signs of season for the vine is the movement of sap. Stored in the trunk throughout the winter, the pruning cuts stimulate those juices moving upward. The vine wounds naturally heal themselves (but draw plenty of activity from the insect community)...
26 Mar Pruning Complete. Now On To Tying.
So we wrapped up pruning and tying trunks over a month ago and we were waiting for some "warmer" weather to begin tying canes to the fruiting wire. Normally, I like to tie canes once we get into the 40's and 50's because the canes...
15 Mar What’s Happening This Winter?
Many people ask me what we end up doing in the winter (usually assuming that we have absolutely nothing to do). While things are comparatively slower during our "off-season", there are still plenty of things to work on. From a winemaking aspect, there are usually a...
15 Aug Finally, Another Entry
It has been way too long since my last post - but I have good reason. Since the dramatic change in color with our Pinot Noir fruit, there has been an increase in the bird population on the property and much more pressure to get...
17 Jul And then there was color…
It looks like the Pinot vines are enjoying the season we are having - so much so that they decided to start going through veraison over the past couple of days. The first vines to make this transition seem to be Clone 777 in all...