News - grapevines
How to Prune Your Organizational Grapevine
22 May 2012, 2:23 pm
Spring is here and life is bursting out at the seams! The bees are buzzing, the flowers are blooming, and people are hard at work getting their gardens ready for the growing season. Experienced gardeners know there's more to just planting the seeds, laying down some mulch, and watering the soil. Creating the best environment ...
Wine country comes to rural St. Peter
20 May 2012, 10:29 pm
After watching the first
grapevines planted three years ago, Kent Schwickert spent the weekend welcoming customers for the first time to Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery near St. Peter.
Lehigh Valley wine is in bloom
19 May 2012, 3:28 pm
The buds are breaking on the
grapevines. It's the start of the growing season on the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail and that's a good reason for a celebration.
Wineries gear up for direct shipping
5 May 2012, 9:04 am
Co-owner Violetta Neri among the barrels of wine at the Hopewell Valley Vineyards. / Jason Towlen/Staff Photographer The
grapevines can be seen from a window Thursday at Hopewell Valley Vineyards in Pennington.
New World Grape History
4 May 2012, 1:00 am
There are a number of native grape species in America. In addition the European grapes were also introduced to the New World by the Europeans.