The winery remodeling project was completed this week. The improvements include a shed roof and iron fence to cover and secure the outdoor grape processing area and to connect the two winery facilities. The older winery facility floor was also …
Here are the juice analysis results from the berry samples collected this morning. 9/27/2010 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Norton NN 22.5 3.70 0.938 Norton DM 22.5 3.68 0.878
Four Hundred and Thirty Seven children attended our annual School Tour event last week! We sure had a great time learning a lot about Seeds, Johnny Appleseed, and Apples. The Hayride was awesome!! Every year we overhear the funniest comments from these kiddos. This year …
The juice analysis results from the berry samples collected this morning are as follows: 9/21/2010 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Norton NN 22.2 3.72 0.972 Norton NS 21.1 3.55 0.885
The juice analysis results for the berry samples collected this morning are as follows: 9/16/2010 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin M 21.3 3.45 0.726 Catawba W 18.5 3.42 0.814 Norton NN 21.8 3.68 0.983 Norton NS 20.8 3.51 1.000
Six Tri-County Master Gardeners and four staff from the State Fruit Experiment Station hosted a small, mellow gathering of nineteen interested people for tours and a talk on the history of the Station on the evening of Sept 14. There was …
The juice analysis results for the berry samples collected this morning are as follows: 9/14/2010 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin F 21.9 3.35 0.722 Catawba W 18.4 3.45 0.721 Norton F 22.2 3.44 0.861 Norton NN 22.2 3.71 0.828 Norton …
The juice analysis for the berry samples taken this morning (after it stopped raining) are as follows: 9/10/2010 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin MVEC 21.8 3.40 0.705 Chambourcin F 21.0 3.33 0.713 Catawba W 17.5 3.38 0.803 …
Thursday, September2nd we had the honor of hosting the chamber of commerce luncheon meeting on the beautiful (but breezy) pavilion! Among our distinguishedguests of the community, members of the Missouri State University Board of Governors, the Provost, and new President, Dr James Cofer …
We began to pick Chambourcin grapes on Wednesday, September 8. We got up to 22 degrees Brix (% sugar) the day before but unfortunately it rained 0.39 inches that evening so the Brix probably decreased before harvest. It is raining …