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Greetings Honey, Candles & Grape Enthusiasts!
Direct from the farm!
(click here for printer
friendly page)
That is the theme at Honeyflow Farm. In September,
if you visit our farm roadside market, you can pick from
more than 20 varieties of grapes!
You can fill your containers with honey from a 55 gallon barrel! You can purchase candles made from pure beeswax! If you come to our
farm & happen to see some guy standing around with
a camera talking about bees, grapes, winemaking & candles - this would be
me. If you purchase candles or honey from our website you will know that this is not like
doing business with an impersonal major retailer.
This is a family farm!
This is the October 2002 issue of our monthly newsletter.
Through our web site you can purchase candles and honey products
throughout the year.
To view past issues of our newsletter, please
visit our Newsletter Archive.
If you do not wish to receive our monthly newsletter please
visit the "edit subscription link" at the bottom
of the page to be removed from our mailing list.
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The U-Pick Vineyard and Honey Farm has
been open during September and will be closing shortly
after you receive this newsletter on Sunday October 6.
The season has been very short due to the spring frost
this year. Our normal hours of operation are 9:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. Friday - Saturday - and Sundays only. (NO
MON- TUES-WED-THURS) Click
here for details ......
New faces at our roadside market sales
stand. After many years Barbara Wright, the smiling
face at our sales stand has retired.
I would like to introduce 2 new people.
 Sandy Paetz will be with us on Fridays. This picture
shows him with grapes that he picked last year. Sandy
is a very good winemaker and can answer many winemaking
questions on Fridays.
 Jacquelin Judd will be with us on Saturdays & Sundays.
Jacquelin may not know as much about winemaking, but
she did work in the vineyard pruning vines many years
ago. She is very active in our local Lutheran Church here
in Dryden, Michigan.
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October in the Vineyard, Interview with John Bishop
- winemaker! Chateau Valerio, October Grape Recipe
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Our Harvest has been under way for about a month and
we will be closing our Farm Market very soon. It has
been a very different year - quickly selling out of many
varieties due to the short crop caused by spring frosts.
We have not been able to press as much juice for winemakers
as we usually do. It has also been a very rewarding
year, talking to many interesting customers and making
plans for the future. We have decided to plant some
more vines, such as concord, vignoles and also a new vine
called Frontenac, a red wine for winemakers. More
details ...
Remember, our season is very short and we may
close early so please check back frequently - or better
yet, subscribe to our “Picking Updates” for e-mail notification.
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An Interview with John Bishop - Winemaker
I thought it would be interesting to interview
some of the people who pick grapes at our vineyard and
make wine. John Bishop is very typical of many of our
winemakers. He was hesitant at first to be quoted as he
said he was definetly not an "expert." That
is exactly why I picked him. the
rest of the story ............
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Chateau Valerio
I just received a note from Valerio Poliuto. He has picked
grapes from us in the past and has started a winery in
Clinton Township, Michigan. more
details ....
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The honey harvest! October Honey Recipe
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The Harvest is under way and the Honey
crop this year looks very good! The hot weather with
just enough water made the clovers and thistles grow very
good and the bees made good use of the warm days. Bring
your pails and jars & we will fill them up.
In September we started to take part
of the honey crop off. Usually I am busy just keeping
up with honey sales at our roadside sales stand and our
wholesale outlets. After the vineyard closes in mid October
I will return to the bee yards to take the rest of the
crop off. The honey is removed much like we harvest comb
honey, with a bee blower and my trailer. See comb honey harvest pictures ......
October Honey Recipe - Orange- Date Muffins
click here
for the recipe.....
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Beeswax Nativity Set Now Available
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We are making the final preparations for
our 11 piece Nativity Set. The price will be about $74.95.
The individual figurines may also be purchased separately
and possibly in groups of 3 or so, such as the 3 Wisemen,
Mary, Joseph & Baby Jesus, Shepherd & Lamb, etc.
They will be in our Candle Shop Soon!
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Winemaker Magazine, Michigan Wine Facts
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I would really like to encourage every
winemaker to subscribe to winemaker magazine. This
may sound like a paid advertisement but it is not - although
I do have and ulterior motive. This magazine is so valuable
to home winemakers that I really believe that if you subscribe
and read it you will buy more Michigan grapes (there is
my motive).
Some of this months articles are:
Concord Conquered, Mead Made Easy, Trouble Free Fermentation,
Fill it Up! (bottling), Tips from the Pros, The Wine Wizard,
Wine Kits, Techniques - How to make an Ice Wine! and more.
The magazine costs $22.00 for 1 year
(6 issues) and is worth every penny. Go to www.winemakermag.com to subscribe.
Enter the 2002 WineMaker International
Amateur Wine Competition! Click here for their feature article!
The best homemade wines from across North America and
around the world will compete for gold, silver and bronze
medals in 51 categories awarded by a panel of experienced
wine judges. Enter your wines and compete against the
continent's best home winemakers! You can gain international
recognition for your winemaking skills and get valuable
feedback on your wines from the competition's judging
panel.
Entry Deadline: November 8, 2002.
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Here are some more great
articles from Sandra Silfven's Wine Website at the Detroit
News:
Michigan wine facts - A lot of good information about Michigan Winemaking!
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Comments/Questions/Recipes From Our Readers
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This
is a new section for Comments/Questions/Recipes from our
readers. Please read the comments & feel free to
put your 2 cents worth in. We had some questions on wine
& honey vinegar - are there any vinegar makers reading
this? Click here to send me a message.
Class trip, grapes for merlot and chianti, batik dyeing,
6 bushels of concord grapes, candle-making for our historical
re-anactment, pick candles up at the farm, the juice would
be frozen, Are your prices in the newsletter retail or
wholesale? freeze concord and niagra grapes, shipping
honey, recipe for Grape Juice, hard time finding beeswax
candles, third place award in the Michigan State Fair,
beauty treatments using honey, recipe for making soap
from beeswax, I wanted to know if those seeds from each
grape variety will grow, homemade sugar free jellies.
Click here to visit our
"From our Readers" Page
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October candle winner is = rosebud7188@cs.com
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Congratulations!
October candle winner is, rosebud7188@cs.com. Please send us your address so that I can ship
your candles.
Click
here for the full list of winners!
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