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New Grapes For Kansas

March 26, 2016 by TheVines 1 Comment

When we began thinking about starting a vineyard in Kansas. The first thing we did, was to go out and visit a few of the vineyards in our local area. The goal of our visits were to learn what grape varieties were being grown and sample some of the wines that were being made from these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vineyard, Wines Tagged With: Baco Noir, grapes, hybrid, Kansas, wines

Our First Vineyard Location

February 17, 2016 by TheVines 1 Comment

Work here, is well underway, with the planning and design of our first vineyard location and grape selection. Location Selection We started out with the idea we would plant a conservative "test" vineyard, just so that we could get our feet wet and decide if this is really going to be something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vineyard, Wines Tagged With: grape selection, K-State, location, soil sample, vineyard

Winter Winery Work

February 3, 2016 by TheVines Leave a Comment

Pinot Noir

Have you ever wondered what the owners of a Vineyard and Winery do during the dormant winter months? Maybe you haven't even thought about it... Whatever, your thoughts might be, we decided that it would be a good idea to provide an overview of the things that we have been working on this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vineyard, Winery Tagged With: label design, marketing, social media, vineyard, wine making, winery

Annual KGGWA Conference

January 26, 2016 by TheVines Leave a Comment

30th KGGWA Conference

We recently attended the 30th Annual Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association conference in Manhattan, Kansas. Although this was our first year attending this event we anticipate that it will not be our last. The KGGWA is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1987 as a coalition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vineyard Tagged With: conference, education, seminar, training, vineyard

Sensitive Crop Registration

January 15, 2016 by TheVines Leave a Comment

DriftWatch Specialty Crop

As you may be aware, Grape Vines are considered a "sensitive crop" when it comes to growing them and the use of certain pesticides around their growing area. Kansas growers of sensitive and organic crops are increasingly concerned about drift damage from commonly used pesticides. So as a first rule … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vineyard Tagged With: DriftWatch, local farming, pesticides, vineyard

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