Writer: Wes Hagen
(Another) Year in the Vineyard, Week #3 with Wes Hagen, Clos Pepe
(Another) Year in the Vineyard, Week #3 3/25/10 to 4/1/10 Nature Makes Fools of Us All A Tough Week at the Clos as Nature Shows Her Chilly Hand (Don’t Forget All Photos
(Another) Year in the Vineyard, Week #2, March 25th 2010
(Another) Year in the Vineyard Week #2: March 18-25, 2010 “It’s My Party, So I’ll Write If I Want To…” (or) How a Vineyard Manager Spends his Birthday/’Day Off’ Ladies and gentlemen,
(Another) Year in the Vineyard: A Wine Blog by Wes Hagen of Clos Pepe/WineMaker
WineMaker Magazine “Another Year in the Vineyard”: A Wine Blog Week One: March 11-18, 2010 And So it Begins… Welcome back to the 2010 version of the ‘Year in the Vineyard’ Wine
Planning the Right Red: Backyard Vines
“The First Duty of wine is to be Red . . . the second is to be a Burgundy.”Harry Waugh Harry Waugh’s quote (above) could have come from Mother Nature. Even nature
Top 10 Vineyard Tricks of the Trade
Grape growing is both simple and confounding. While it is simple to keep a vine alive (most climes in the US will keep a vine alive and sprawling with little effort), it
Backyard Vines Bonus Questions
What’s the best way to cure black rot? Jake in Eastern Kentucky I wish I could tell you that there’s a cure for black rot, but the best we can do
Ten Signs of a Healthy Vineyard
A healthy backyard vineyard is a treasure. It can produce delicious wine, serve as a wonderful setting from which to appreciate the miracles of nature and offer a leafy refuge from the
Vineyard Field Trips
‘Talent Borrows, Genius Steals’ -attributed to Oscar Wilde As I set out to structure this issue’s “Backyard Vines,” I revisited previous articles to see what vineyard subjects I’d neglected. Surprisingly, I found articles
Common Grape Growing Questions
At the end of the year when I’m contemplating new topics for “Backyard Vines,” I like to go through and look at all the subjects I’ve covered previously and ask myself: “What
Planning the Vineyard Work Load
One of my favorite Chinese proverbs is: “Many hands make light work.” It’s as true in the vineyard as anywhere. The vineyard is a place that traditionally brings people together — to
Pinot Paradise: Backyard Vines
Orv Madden and his wife LeAnn have a talent for turning their dreams into reality. I remember meeting them for the first time in the winter of 2003 at a breakfast restaurant
Insects, Viral and Fungal Diseases
In the last issue of WineMaker we concerned ourselves with the “common” diseases of backyard viticulture. As the flu and common cold attack the human body, powdery mildew and rot attack vineyards.
Grapevine Diseases: Vineyard Rx
One of the trickiest parts of being a good viticulturist is learning to deal with grapevine diseases. The literature on the subject is exhaustive in its breadth and complexity — and exhausting
Vineyard Questions: Backyard Vines
D. Genasci (southern Oregon) asks: “I am harvesting Pinot Noir and am getting rather strange readings — 22 °Brix, pH of 3.4 and acid at 0.25. The grapes are grown on gravelly
Organic Grape Growing Techniques
This chart illustrates the average nutrients removed from soil per acre (rounded off in pounds) in a producing vineyard per year (at 2.5 tons per acre, or about 5 pounds of fruit
First-Year Vineyard Care
The first year of vine growth is meant to establish a strong and vigorous root system and build stores of nutrients to hasten growth in subsequent years. Learn how to ensure this happens in your home vineyard.
Planting Dormant Grapevines
Establishing a vineyard is an exciting and rewarding adventure. Like all of life’s challenges, your success or failure will be dictated by the amount of research, planning, effort and perseverance you exhibit
Plan Your First Vineyard
Detailed steps every home viticulturist should take before planting their first vineyard.
Home Harvest: Backyard Vines
Harvest is swiftly approaching and we need to get ready. Learning some of the lingo and common practices of commercial vineyards will help you choose the perfect day for bringing the fruit
Mid-Season Vineyard Tips
It’s easy to forget that it takes two full years to make good wine from your own grapes. The first year is spent in the vineyard tending the vines, spraying sulfur, removing
Pruning Tips: Backyard Vines
To understand how pruning your backyard grapevines will affect growth, crop load and wine quality, you must first understand how grapevines grow in the wild. When vines sprout from seed, the vine
Planning Your Backyard Vineyard
With all the excitement of harvest and crush in the air, it’s easy to forget about planting. But if you’d like to start a small, backyard vineyard next spring, there are some