Kids among the bluebonnets - Spring 2011
Harvest 2009
Lomanto grapes changing color ("veraison")
Preparing to pick the grapes
Picking Sangiovese grapes
Crushing the winegrapes
Enjoying good company at the harvest picnic
BEST GRAPE-PICKING CREW EVER!!!
Kids storming the dessert
Schuyler and Gwen pressing Champanel grapes to make their own grapejuice and jelly
The Land
Darcy's sisters visiting the vineyard
Aerial view of the property
Gwen and Schuyler among the Bluebonnets - 2008
Darcy on the ridge
Hay bales
Schuyler heading for the pond
The pond
Thanksgiving at the land
Spring flowers
Gwen among the flowers
The Vines
Picture of the whole vineyard (as of March 2009)
Welcoming new bee colonies for pollination
New Lomanto vines in growtubes (2008)
Second-year Lomanto vines in spring (2009)
Darcy tending Sangiovese vines
Setting trellis posts for the first seven rows
Newly planted Champanel vines
New vines in grow tubes
Gwendolyn helping Daddy tend to new Blanc DuBois vines
The Barn
Mixing cement for the posts
The barn takes shape
Finishing the main roof
Putting the roof panels on the east wing
Jack and John pouring a concrete slab floor for a future wine-making room
The finished product
