Archive for September, 2007

Winter Protection for grapes

How to you protect your grape vines from the cold?
If you are in the unfortunate position to live in an area with constant sub zero temperatures, it is important to take note of this article.
Most of you people in the USA are nearing winter now and your grape vines will be preparing itself for the [...]

Pruning an overgrown or never before pruned vine - Part 2

As the new grape grower learns more and more about the grape vine and how to develop a grape vine cordon or arms, they normally face a gigantic task of pruning away hundreds of canes and old wood.
If you have a neglected or overgrown (call it what you want) grape vine, there is only one [...]

Wine cellar secrets

Most of us only dream of building our own wine cellar where we can process the grapes that we have been working so hard on during the season. But what not many grape growers realize, is that many private wine cellars and wine makers, made their first wine in their backyard or garage. They started [...]

Why set up an arbor or trellis beforehand

How important is the construction of a trellis or arbor really? Many home grape growers use their grape vines not only to produce grapes, but to ad that something special to their garden and that is understandable, because often grapes are referred to as “the fruit of the gods”.
When the novice home grape grower first [...]