Orchard & Winery 3/4

Cherry Tree Memorial

Added a beautiful Cherry Tree to the orchard today to remember an amazing women, mother, attorney and inspiration. Hope to make some...

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Let the Harvesting Begin

Rhubarb was definitely ready for our first harvest of the season. Not enough yet to start a batch of wine, but perfect timing to be the...

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Apple Blossoms

Finally we are seeing some blooms in the orchard.

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The Peachy Finally!

No green beer for us today, just beautiful golden peach wine ready to bottle at last! This bottle means we have officially finished off...

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Wines are Clearing Up

Batches of Pear and Apple are getting closer each day to being ready to bottle. So fun to see how they are clearing out.

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Cloudy n Peach

From the Fermenting bucket to the Glass Carboys. Crazy how cloudy it starts out compared to the clear peach nectar it will become.

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Peach Brandy Anyone?

When I mentioned to my Sister in Law I was running out of ideas of what to do with all these Peaches she send me her Aunts famous Peach...

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Before & After - Raspberry Patch

This crazy overgrowth is pretty much the theme for this entire farm. But with a little elbow grease its amazing what takes shape. These...

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Curiosity is Good for the Cat

Leo definitely enjoys anything to do with wine making. He's not so fond of the taste, but loves to insert himself into the process.

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Bottling Fun

Wow what a day! Took us over 5 hours but we bottled Pear, Apple, Rhubarb, Mulberry and Black Raspberry. It was awesome. We used a mix...

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Pre-Bottling Sterilization

Washed and sterilized 6 cases of bottles today to prepare for bottling tomorrow.

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Labels, the finishing touch

The labels designed by our Daughter arrived today, so we were able to add the finishing touch to our first bottled batches. Of course...

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First Batch into the Cellar

Yeah!! Finally, our first batches are in the Cellar. Well, actually its just our basement, but tempature is perfect and we have these...

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Bringing the Acid levels up

Went and had our wines tested at the Purple Foot this weekend. We got great ratings but they did recommend we bring the acide levels up...

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Woodland Apples

We have 5 apple trees int eh orchard non of which produced usuable fruit this year. But then out of no where a cute lone tree by the...

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Peaches & Pears...Ohh My

Over the last two days we picked, clean and froze over 24 pounds of peaches and pears. Incredible!! Can't imagine what we will get next...

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Peaches, Peaches and more Peaches

Wow, shocked at how many peaches we pulled off the trees today. Even more shocked about how many are left to pick.

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Nothing Like a Good Helper

Final racking of our Pear before bottling. Leo is totally into wine making. He loves the sound of the siphon.

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Middle of Night Snacker's

Moving in post bloom this year our apple trees didn't get the spring love they needed and our fruit was not very healthy. So while we...

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Strawberry Wine so Sweet

Strawberry in the making!!! Smells delicious. I think we are getting the hang of this.

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