OK, true this was a test post, but if I leave it up maybe it will give me incentive to put up a whole post on grape planting pictures.

Blessings, Betty
OK, true this was a test post, but if I leave it up maybe it will give me incentive to put up a whole post on grape planting pictures.

Blessings, Betty
Becker 2005 Gewurztraminer won a Bronze at the Long Beach Grand Cru International Wine Competition in Long Beach, California. Grapes were grown by Bingham Family Vineyards.
Harvest has started, but not all of the grapes are ready yet. We are now finished with around 20% of harvest for this year. Usually the white grapes are ready before the reds. But we want to wait till the sugar content or brix measurement is just right, so that the grapes will make great Texas wine.
Pumpkin Crepe Cake
With 2018 Viognier
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…
Duchman Trebbiano made with Bingham Family Vineyards grapes. Read more information about the wine here in the Texas Monthly article written by Jessica Dupuy or on the Duchman Family Winery web site.
Right now rain would be good for the emerging organic cotton plants, but it would delay harvest for the organic wheat. Not sure what to pray for at Bingham Family Vineyards.