Crop Dropping at Armaa.N Vineyard
How many bottles does one vine make? Jeff Strekas does the math, and explains why we drop fruit.
The diary of Armaa.N, our estate vineyard in the Willow Creek District. Pruning, cover crops, dry farming and harvest.
How many bottles does one vine make? Jeff Strekas does the math, and explains why we drop fruit.
We sat down with Frederick Ammons to talk about how we prune Armaa.N now that it has given us its first crop.
The vines are in bloom. This month was all about suckers, shoots and keeping mildew away.
Bursts of color, the hum of bees, new buds everywhere. The vineyard is waking up.
A wet December, then a bone-dry January. Our young vines needed a little help this winter.
It is a quiet time in the vineyard. The vines are going dormant and we are watching the soil, and the sky.
The first training pass is done and the vines are responding beautifully. Now we decide what each block will become.