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Yep, Robert, I'd like to see pictures or videos of the harvest. Hope your harvest is a bountiful one.
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schmism
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They will be lucky to get 1 ton to the acre off of them
i got the weight wrong on the thurs Traminette, it was 3.6 tons... off a 1/2 acre
piasa winery near 62014 - Google Maps
the 7 lines closest to the driveway are the 7 rows of Traminette we picked by hand thrus.
czechsonofagun
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Hmm, very tempting. Maybe when my 48 grape wines bear fruit I will have a reason to buy a huge tractor like machine
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Now all ideas of tradition wine making have been Thrashed!
I keep thinking of baskets and tubs and barefooted folks stomping grapes!
I keep thinking of baskets and tubs and barefooted folks stomping grapes!
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Just to clarify my post some, I was referring to the Concords which is the main variety grown here. We have a lot of wine varieties also but Concord is the staple still. The vineyards were projecting 7-8 ton per acre before the hail hit them but the storm was so bad it ripped off most of the shoots and knocked off almost all the berries.
My friends grow a lot of wine varieties and I have 4 wineries within 2 miles from my main farm but I have choose to stay away from wine grapes as I really do not have the time to spend on them as to grow great wine grapes you need to spend a lot of time in the vineyard and time is one thing I seriously lack. I did look into it though but after attending the wine day at our grape conference and listening to all the growers and what they are dealing with it made me realize I was not ready for that much more work. I do love walking thru their vineyards though and seeing some of those monster bunches of grapes hanging from the vines.
If this works this link ( 2328 Rt 20, Silver Creek, NY 14136 - Google Maps ) will take you to my base farm and if you look on the other side of Rt 20 you will see all the vineyards around me. I can not even guess how many acres of vineyards are in this area. My one friend owns 400 acres, my other friend has 300 acres of just vineyards (actually owns around 2000 acres total though) then my other friends are in the 100-150 acre blocks. Right now is a great time of the year as when you step outside all you smell is the berries ripening on the vines
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Now all ideas of tradition wine making have been Thrashed!
I keep thinking of baskets and tubs and barefooted folks stomping grapes!
Well, we still do grape stomping bare footed here as part of our Grape Festival. Actually, the crew from Good Morning America just stopped at my one friends farm a few days ago as they came through on their train. While there they went to stomping grapes bare foot so the tradition isn't "Thrashed"
To make premium wine though they still harvest by hand as you have much better control over what goes into the winery.
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Hmm, very tempting. Maybe when my 48 grape wines bear fruit I will have a reason to buy a huge tractor like machine
Well, old worn out machines only cost around $20k. These new ones cost around $250k so it may take awhile for you to get your machine to pay off but you could always do custom work
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You weren't kidding when you mentioned I went right past your place on my way to Boston last year, were you!
U.S. 20 is about two blocks from my house and 80/90 is about a mile, only we're 3 states to the left...
I would also enjoy any footage you could shoot of any farm machines in operation.
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Well, old worn out machines only cost around $20k. These new ones cost around $250k so it may take awhile for you to get your machine to pay off but you could always do custom work
ya the machine that came down to pick was about an hr away. There is another guy that has one but hes not as good an operator (or so i was told)
this guy does a LOT of custom harvesting. he might have a few grapes himself but my guess is he saw a need and went for it.
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You weren't kidding when you mentioned I went right past your place on my way to Boston last year, were you!
U.S. 20 is about two blocks from my house and 80/90 is about a mile, only we're 3 states to the left...
I would also enjoy any footage you could shoot of any farm machines in operation.
Sadly I wasn't kidding. I would love to not have these two roads so close to me but on the other hand it is nice anytime I want to go somewhere as these roads lead to a lot of places I need to go
