Alright, Jamison-Paul Vineyard now has it's own Domain Name...
www.jamisonpaulvineyard.com. This is great because you no longer have to type the dash between jamison and paul and you don't have to type blogspot at the end.
I couldn't have done it with my good friend Chris Shelton. He gave me the idea of getting my own domain name and then he walked me through all the steps. Again a great thanks to him on this because I would have had no idea of where to start.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Niagara and White Muscat
In April we will be receiving 6 Niagara and 6 White Muscat vines. These vines will be placed beside the cabin and used for jellies, juices and homemade wine. We chose the Niagara because there is a local vineyard up on Mayodan Mountain that grows these for wines and for the past two years I have helped them harvest their grapes. For helping them this year they gave me two 5 gallon buckets full to take home and do what we want with them. We made jelly and juices with it and loved it so much we thought that since we couldn't afford to expand a full acre of muscadine this year we would plant something we like.
For the Muscat, we had these at the Surry Community College test vineyard and I really enjoyed them and thought that we could try them out at our vineyard.
Niagara grapes are a variety of the North American grape species Vitis labrusca and are used as table grapes and for wines, as well as jams and juice. Niagara is the leading green grape grown in the United States. The Niagara grape was created in Niagara County, NY in 1868 when C.L. Hoag and B.W. Clark cross-bred Concord grapes with white Cassady grapes. It was first sold commercially in 1882.
The muscat family of grapes of the species Vitis vinifera is widely grown for wine, raisins and table grapes. Their color ranges from white to near black. Muscat almost always has a pronounced sweet floral aroma. Muscat grapes are grown around the world in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Israel, France, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Australia, California, Oregon, Hungary, Canada, Italy, Albania, Turkey, Slovenia, and other places. The breadth and number of varieties of muscat suggest that it is perhaps the oldest domesticated grape variety, and there are theories that most families within the Vitis vinifera grape family are descended from the Muscat family
For the Muscat, we had these at the Surry Community College test vineyard and I really enjoyed them and thought that we could try them out at our vineyard.
Niagara grapes are a variety of the North American grape species Vitis labrusca and are used as table grapes and for wines, as well as jams and juice. Niagara is the leading green grape grown in the United States. The Niagara grape was created in Niagara County, NY in 1868 when C.L. Hoag and B.W. Clark cross-bred Concord grapes with white Cassady grapes. It was first sold commercially in 1882.
The muscat family of grapes of the species Vitis vinifera is widely grown for wine, raisins and table grapes. Their color ranges from white to near black. Muscat almost always has a pronounced sweet floral aroma. Muscat grapes are grown around the world in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Israel, France, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Australia, California, Oregon, Hungary, Canada, Italy, Albania, Turkey, Slovenia, and other places. The breadth and number of varieties of muscat suggest that it is perhaps the oldest domesticated grape variety, and there are theories that most families within the Vitis vinifera grape family are descended from the Muscat family
Friday, January 2, 2009
2007 Merlot
Two years ago we lost all of our Merlot to birds...we thought we knew it all and didn't purchase bird netting...we know better now. What Merlot we were able to save we made jelly and 3 gallons of homemade wine.
Over past year I have been opening the bottles and tasteing. I have yet to be impressed with it until this New Year. We were at some friends house to celebrate the new year and she asked if she could open the bottle I gave them last year. I told her, "Sure, but be ready to pour it out". To my surpise it was Good, not the best but Good.
I didn't make any wine off of the 2008 crop because I was not impressed with what I made. It is true what they say...the more wine sits in the bottle the better it becomes. Hey what a great way to start off the 2009 year!!!
Over past year I have been opening the bottles and tasteing. I have yet to be impressed with it until this New Year. We were at some friends house to celebrate the new year and she asked if she could open the bottle I gave them last year. I told her, "Sure, but be ready to pour it out". To my surpise it was Good, not the best but Good.
I didn't make any wine off of the 2008 crop because I was not impressed with what I made. It is true what they say...the more wine sits in the bottle the better it becomes. Hey what a great way to start off the 2009 year!!!
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