Week 5 -  Sept 29 to Oct 31, 2006
Open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays only - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

COMMODITY PRICES
U-Pick Grapes
1-19 lbs. .80/lb.
½ bu (20 lbs.) or more .65/lb.
5 bu (200 lbs.) or more .60/lb.
10 bu. (400 lbs.) or more .50/lb.

(An average person can pick from 1 to 3 bu/hr - bring lots of friends)

2 bushel (80lb)
makes 5+ gal wine

BEST PICKING FOR TABLE GRAPES IS ALWAYS NEAR THE ENDS OF THE ROWS
Price (Black) - Rows 6 & 7 - Mostly Sold Out
NY Muscat
- Rows 10 & 50 - Mostly Sold Out

Buffalo (Black)- Rows 3, 4 & 47 - Crop is getting thinner - try ends of rows
Seneca (White)- Rows 8 & 9 - OK this weekend

Niagara - Rows 71-72 & 58-59
Lots of Niagara ready
Delaware (Red) - Rows 68 to 70 - Lot of Delaware left
Concord (Black) - Rows 1, 2, 48 & 49 - Large crop left
- More Concord is also in unmarked rows in the back vineyard
Steuben (Black)- Row 5 - Lots of Steuben left


Many seedless grapes suffered bird damage but we still have lots left at the far ends of the rows.
Canadice - Rows 16 to - 19 - Lots at the far ends of row
Einset - Rows 27, 28 & 36 - Mostly gone - but you can still check
Suffolk Red - Rows 22 to 26 -Lots at the far ends of row

Himrod - Rows 20 & 21 - Mostly gone - but you can still check
Venus - Sold Out

Reliance - Rows 13 & 14 -Mostly damaged - but you can still check
Lakemont - Rows 11 & 12 -Lots at the far ends of row


BEST PICKING FOR RED WINE GRAPES IS ALWAYS NEAR THE ENDS OF THE ROWS
Marechal Foch - Rows 42 to 46 - Lots left at far end of row

Baco Noir - Rows 55-56 - Picking getting thinner but some left
DeChaunac - Rows 51 to 54, 64 to 67 - Getting thinner but some left

Concord
(Black) - Rows 1, 2, 48 & 49 - Large crop left - More Concord is also in unmarked rows in the back vineyard
Frontenac - Rows 73 to 75 - Sold Out

BEST PICKING FOR WHITE GRAPES IS ALWAYS NEAR THE ENDS OF THE ROWS
Horizon - Rows 35 & 41 - Some left at far ends of rows
St. Pepin - Rows 61 to 63 - Ripe now
Seyval Blanc - Rows 31 & 32 - Lots left - Nice Germanic style wine
Cayuga White - Rows 33 & 34 -Lots left - Nice Germanic wine

Niagara - Rows 71-72 & 58-59 - Lots left at far ends of rows
Vignoles - Rows 38 & 39 -
Lots left
Delaware - Rows 68 to 70 - Lots left - Makes a nice soft white wine
GW-5 - Row 15 -Lots left - Nice Germanic style wine