As you could expect, this is a very busy time of year at the vineyard. So to shorten the blog to a minimum I will just put a link here for an article I wrote in the North Columbia Monthly for October – and have recreated here on this website. It is called Dirt First and gives the basics of Regenerative Agriculture. Then I will put in some pictures with captions.
Dried Fruit for the winter
Tomatoes coming on
Filberts from out trees
Hot Lips are still in bloom
Paste Tomatoes
Crab Apples
The Red Oak picture by Cheryl
Marechal Foch Grapes
The Rav4 broke a timing belt on the way to the Farmers Market
Siegerrebe Grapes in the crusher
Cheryl sold her 4 wheel drive Toyota to my daughter April. Maybe James will be able to drive it in 2030.
Lucie Kuhlmann primary fermentation
Friends picking a future French Rocks Red wine
Big Cat Face spider
Siegerrebe Grapes at Downriver Orchard
Our VW Vanagon cracked ahead – out for the season
Kit and Sharon Shultz crushing grapes with Tom Distler
Amber and Tom helping out
A big Black Lab Cheryl rescued from the highway and found the owners for
Himrod Grapes
3 cords of wood delivered