Today we began our first-ever batches of grape wine. In the past we've made several varieties of fruit or "country" wines, but never grape. The trick with grape, as friends and books tell me, is that you have to have the right acidity and pH levels to make it work. Thankfully we have help!
We happened upon MELANCY'S HILL TOP VINYARD. Sorry no business cards. blogs or websites, but I did get this picture of an old newspaper add, and I know the phone number is right.
Mel and his wife Nancy, grow 7 varieties of u-pick grapes. Boy did we-pick, and pick and pick until we had a large batch of Landot Noir variety red grapes. That was two days ago. Yesterday we did not pick at all, but Mel picked white grapes for us! We just had to pick up the juice. We're very excited now about making red and white grape wine.
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| Part of the vineyards and the house. |
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| Our arrival. |
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| A tiny birdnest among the grapes. |
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| The boys taking a moment to help us harvest. |
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| Mel and the boys taking a ride. |
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| Landot Noir |
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| The red grapes after de-stemming. |
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| A post in the office. |
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White grapes in the press.
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