Category Archives: VIGNOLES VENTURING

My third step towards making wine truer to its source than either kit or berry, drawn from site in the Finger Lakes (Fall 2010).

GRAPE.GUNNING

Posted on November 14, 2010 by waywardwine

My weapon of choice is the vignoles grape. I have yet to make a white wine. I do not want a popular grape, like chardonnay, with all its vitis vinifera baggage. I want something the Finger Lakes can grow without … Continue reading →

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VIGNOLES.VENTURE

Posted on November 12, 2010 by waywardwine

Fall flies fast. While I was coaxing kit juice and blueberries into pseudo-wines, 2010 saw a decent growing season in New York. The state generally has a cold, miserable climate. We grow unknown grapes tough enough to ripen under a … Continue reading →