Texas Grapes Harvest 2010 – Part 2
Here is a continuation of the last post about this year’s harvest. I left you looking at these tantalizing Vermentino grapes… beautiful grapes… and wondering what all these controls are for…
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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Texas Grapes Harvest 2010 – Part 1
I keep posting “numbers” that refer to our current grape harvest, but I realize that I haven’t shown you any “pictures” this year yet. And the photos are the best part, right? Especially since I can’t tell you what any of those numbers on that screen mean, but I can show you some photographs. So…
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What is my purpose in Life?
Sometimes I wonder. I have so many different hats, so many different jobs. There is My Honey, children, grapes, cotton, music, symphony, children, youth symphony, home school group, friends, family, did I say children, homeschooling, meals, children’s tennis, entertaining, church friends, accounting work, cleaning house, laundry, taking children to music lessons, etc.
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Grapes on the Vine
Grapes, grapes, grapes, grapes … Yes, we still have grapes ripening on the vines. We have harvested tons and tons, but there are still some to come. Here are some of the Tempranillo grapes that are ripening in the warm High Plains sun with the cool evenings for a refreshing break.
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Organic Cotton Growing on the High Plains
We have been so busy with grape harvest that I haven’t been here too often. Sometimes it is just very hard to live life and actually have time to comment on it. This morning I was out with the grape harvest, hanging on to the big blue harvester precariously with one hand while trying to…
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Bedtime story for tonight …
Bedtime story for the children finished. A few moments of quiet. Then grape harvest will be starting up. Then it will start again around 5:00 am.
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What do we NOT want to harvest?
What we do NOT want to harvest in the vineyards at Bingham Family Vineyards.
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First Crush Press of the year at CapRock Winery
We took gewürztraminer grapes to Cap*Rock Winery in Lubbock, Texas this morning for crush pressing and chilling of the juice before it is to be sent to Becker Vineyards. Hmmm, delicious. Now I know, that you know, that I really know very little about growing grapes. I’m just usually around for the ride, but get…
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We really do have grapes in the vineyard!
I really, really am going to show you some pictures of the grapes that are in the vineyard, but tonight — I really have to get this week’s menus planned so that we can actually eat. Plus there will be six extra for dinner on Tuesday, five extra on Wednesday, and maybe ten extra on…
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Organic Cotton
I have been working on a post about using a hedger in the vineyard, but I can’t seem to get it all ready. I even have brix counts that I need to post. So for tonight (hmmm, seems to be early morning actually), here are a few pictures of the organic cotton.
