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A Cut Above: Grape Vine Pruning at Home Vineyard

Posted on August 7, 2015 by waywardwine

Sorry Internet, but between three weddings and a funeral I have been a bit busy. To bide your time, share in my moment of vine-cutting trauma:

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Wine From Vines: Planting my First Vineyard

Posted on April 2, 2015 by waywardwine

So it begins. After years of making wine from bought grapes, finally, finally, I could plant my own vines. It only took buying a home with a quarter acre…minor details… Continue reading →

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CLIFF.HANGER

Posted on May 3, 2010 by waywardwine

From Benmarl Winery we drive thirty minutes to Whitecliff Vineyards. Hoping. The road curls over hills, twisting East and away from the tempering humidity of the Hudson. The sandstone and shale crescent of Shawangunk Ridge (from where the wine-region gets … Continue reading →

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MID.LIFE.CRISIS

Posted on April 23, 2010 by waywardwine

Free. We journey south, purging our palates of Stoutridge with water, on route to Benmarl Winery. A sign guides us past suburbia and onto a gravel road. Knotted, older vines twist along a slope to the left. Unassuming barn buildings … Continue reading →