Tempranillo Barrels
Getting barrels ready for Tempranillo! Bingham Family Vineyards wine, can’t wait for our first bottling.
Our Story
Rooted & finely tuned in the High Plains of Texas. The Binghams are a multigenerational wine growing family that produces 100% Texas grown and crafted estate wines. Truly Texas, from soil to song.
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New big boy toys
We have been so busy that I can’t remember which new toys that I have showed you and which ones I haven’t. It seems as though we have been working on concrete for weeks. Remember this photo.
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Crush press machines
Well, the test results came back from the grapes that were sampled last Friday. No need to test again till this Friday. Now we can turn our interest to our new sorting and press machinery that we are putting in at our barn. Concrete work was delayed by the rains that we had a…
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First day of grape testing for the fall
Yesterday, we started the first day of testing all grapes, of all varieties, in all plots, in all of our vineyards. The time is finally here. At this time of year, some Texas vineyards in other parts of the state are already harvesting or even finished harvesting. For our longer season on the High Plains,…
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The vineyards are greening up after the much needed rains
Rain! We actually got some rain. We have received 3 to 4 inches of rain in 4 days. We are thankful to God for these much needed rains. Cliff was saying that it might actually be nice if it would not rain for a couple of weeks. Of course by then, we will be praying…
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Hail Update for the Vineyards
Yes, I said hail, not freeze. We seem to be so preoccupied with late spring freezes that we forget about the other hazards of growing grapes on the High Plains. Hail being one of them. During the last rain which we had on Sunday morning on the 25th, we had hail some hail. Cliff went…
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Vineyards after the April freeze
These photos are a little late, but I thought I would still share them with you. These are our vineyards on May 12th. The vineyards were recovering from a freeze that occurred on April 15th, but were recovering well.
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New grape plantings and April freeze report
New grape plantings and April freeze report
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Vineyard pruning
We have had a nice cold winter here on the High Plains of Texas for the grape vines to sleep through and to kill off harmful insects. But now it is spring! Time for pruning in the vineyards.
