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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September Weekly Picking Up Dates 5th Weekend September 28, 29 & 30, 2007
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. Grapes are Earlier this year! Don't Wait! This is week 5 of 7 that we are open - our season is short so mark your calendars & visit us. Many people print our ripening sheet & 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
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lwylin@comcast.net Week 1 grape winner
is summer@avoc Commodity Prices
COMMODITY PRICES
U-Pick Grapes 1-19 lbs. .80/lb. ½ bu (20 lbs.) or more .70/lb. 5 bu (200 lbs.) or more .65/lb. 10 bu. (400 lbs.) or more .55/lb. Crusher/stemmer rent .05/lb (An average person
can pick from 2 bushel (80lb) makes 5+ gal wine
What is ripe this weekend
ALL GRAPES ARE RIPE - Perfect
time for Concord Grapes Buffalo & Concord
are great for red jelly It is very
easy picking on the Reliance and Canadice
underneath the bird netting. The grapes have
been protected from the birds and there are
plenty available. Just lift up the netting
and dig in!
NEW GRAPE PAGES!
We have a new section on our website
that helps you decide which grapes to pick.
Go to our Vineyard
page and discover all the varieties. Each
grape page has info on its location in the
vineyard, winemaking with this variety,
images and more. Here is the one for Concord
grapes just as an example.
Every grape variety has a webpage!
Use our Stemmer-Crusher
Since we no longer have grape
juice available, many people now
use the stemmer-crusher and strainer bags
that we have available at the vineyard. The
bags are also part of our “Beginners
Winemaking Kit”. The stemmer-crusher is very
easy to use. Just pay for your
grapes and visit the crusher area by our
barn. Make sure you have enough leak proof
containers to bring your must back home in. The strainer bags are very
useful if you do not have a press.
You can ferment right in them for red wines
or for whites you can still squeeze the juice
out using them. Sometimes people ferment a
day on the white skins to soften them in the
strainer bags.
Our Stemmer-Crusher is easy to use!
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