Get to know La Crescent!
La Crescent Local Twin-Cities magazine, The Heavy Table, recently wrote a really great article touting the wonderful qualities of the La Crescent grape last week. I too was impressed with the quality...
View ArticleLa Crescent harvest data
A while back, when I first started this blog, I wrote a brief post about the grape variety La Crescent. At the time, I promised to compile our vintage data and put in some charts or graphs illustrating...
View ArticleFrontenac Harvest Data from 2001 – 2010
Here’s a look at some of our harvest data over the years for Frontenac. As you can see, we have a lot to deal with in order to try to balance the acids in this variety. For this reason, many people...
View ArticleMaking Wine with Marquette (Vintage 2011)
Yesterday we harvested all the Marquette out at the Horticultural Research Center (HRC). Since I haven’t written anything about this grape, I figured now was a good time to write a little post on...
View Article“What Yeast Should I Use?”
The title of this post is one of the most common questions asked by winemakers working with cold-hardy grape cultivars. It is a simple question, but one that doesn’t have an easy answer. I have written...
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