October 6 to Oct 8, 2006
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in this issue
-- Commodity Prices
-- Premium Juice and Jelly Grapes!
-- Red & Green Seedless Table Grapes!
-- Grapes for your favorite Red Wine
-- 8 Varieties of White Wine Grapes!

Greetings!

This is our Weekly Picking Update (not our regular newsletter.) A few days before the weekend we check the vineyard and make notes of ripening conditions. It is not a guarantee of what is available, but what the typical picking conditions are.

To see pictures of people at the vineyard last year click here. 

Click here for a page that can be easily printed and taken with you to the vineyard!

Our season is almost over - Don't Wait!

This is week 6 of 7 that we are open - our season is almost over so mark your calendars & visit us. Many people print this newsletter & bring it to the vineyard with them to act as a picking guide. Remember we are only open Friday, Saturday & Sunday and not during the week.

Our week 4 grape winner is ssteinhard@greatparks
Our week 3 grape winner is cevans@tvli
Our week 2 grape winner is sandmead@charter
Our week 1 grape winner is msokolnicki@comcast

They will have 40 lbs of grapes that they can pick for free.

Commodity Prices
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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. 2000 lb or more    .45/lb Crusher/stemmer rent   .05/lb (An average person can pick from 1 to 3 bu/hr - bring lots of friends) 2 bushel (80lb) makes 5+ gal wine Grape Pails (strainer bag included) 2 gallon grape pail @ $24 (16lb of crushed/destemed grapes) 5 gallon grape pail @ $45 (40lb of crushed/destemed grapes) Call (810) 796-3253 in the evenings to order grape pails or email us.

Our Vineyard Page

Premium Juice and Jelly Grapes!
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Lots of Jelly Grapes still left!!
BEST PICKING 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
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Red & Green Seedless Table Grapes!
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Many seedless grapes suffered bird damage and they are becoming harder to find.

Canadice - Rows 16 to - 19 - Mostly gone - but you can still check
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
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Grapes for your favorite Red Wine
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Lots of Concord grapes left!!!
BEST PICKING 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
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8 Varieties of White Wine Grapes!
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Lots of white wine grapes left!!!
BEST PICKING 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

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