Mountain Grove Cellars is making peach brandy this year. This process begins in the field where our field crew does a professional job pruning, spraying and maintaining the crop. When the peaches were ripe the crew pick what we needed. We put our peaches in the freezer and, after a few days, me and Karl took them out to thaw. Then we took all the pits out and put them in … [Read more...] about Something New – Peach Brandy
Archives for August 4, 2009
The field crew is putting nets on the Vignoles grapes to keep the birds away from the fruit. The winged nemeses have been flying around, looking at the grapes, and licking their beaks. Birds tend to like smaller berries, like Vignoles, as well as purple or red berries. Birds are generally not as much of a problem in a wet year as they are in a dry year. … [Read more...] about Netting the grapes