We’re currently about mid-way through harvest season! We’ve already picked six out of our nine varieties and only St. Croix and the particularly cold-hardy varieties – Niagara and Petite Pearl – remain. Here in New England harvest season tends to begin as early as late August and can extend into early October. In our previous… Read More »

Harvest season is fast approaching (we’re talking a week or two out!) and that means we need to clean our equipment and empty our tanks to prepare for the incoming fruit! Our harvest season typically begins in late August or early September and extends though the beginning of October with the grapes ripening at different… Read More »

It’s the time of year when our grapes start to change color! This process, known as veraison (a French term for the onset of ripening), is one of the more exciting times in the vineyard. Veraison is also known as berry softening and indicates that harvest is only 30 to 60 days away! Here in… Read More »

Learn about the life cycle of the grapevine from dormancy to harvest! It may seem as though much of the action in the vineyard happens between the months of June and August, but there are things going on year-round. Pruning In late February into March while the grapevines are still dormant, pruning begins. Old growth… Read More »

Most cultivated grapes – like the kinds you see in our vineyard – are self-pollinating. They contain both pistils (female) and stamens (male) meaning they don’t need bees to pollinate and can rely solely on the wind. This does not, however, mean that bees don’t play an important role in the vineyard ecosystem. Cover Crops Grape vines… Read More »