We had several Springfield guests to our holiday potluck including Dr. Frank Einhellig, Jim Bellis, Sue Morris Laurie Wilson, and Carrie Crews. The food was delicious. … [Read more...] about Holiday Pot Luck Dinner
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The Research Catawba and the West Catawba vineyards have been pruned. The crew has moved on to the apples and hope to complete this orchard before the holiday break. … [Read more...] about Pruning apples
Our home winemaking workshop was held yesterday. Forty-three people participated in th eall day workshop that included lectures and demonstrations in the morning and early afternoon followed by at tour of the winery distillery; a wine flaws display including examples of cort taint, high sulfite content, oxidation and bitartrate crystals; and ending with a tasting of MSU wines. … [Read more...] about Home winemaking workshop
This morning the field crew is continuing pruning Catawba grapevines. We have pruned some Norton as well. Both Norton and Catawba are cold hardy varieties that we can prune earlier in the domrant season. We wait until later to prune the more winter tender varieties so we might be able to assess possible winter injury that may have occurred and leave extra … [Read more...] about Pruning the West Catawbas