MonthInTheVineyard (2)

People's Blend and Vincent Cheese

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The wine we are reviewing for today’s WineAndCheeseFriday has a little backstory. For our recent entries, we’ve been showcasing multiple stories related to our month in the vineyard. This wine follows that theme.

Vineyard Netting, up a Giant Hill!

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Next task up for Sol Rouge is fixing the vineyard netting. We visited the Sol Rouge Vineyard last year in order to help at the beginning of harvest (http://mferraro73.tumblr.com/post/127822254393/our-day-working-in-the-vineyard-at-solrouge-neil) and that was our introduction to vineyard netting. The purpose of the netting is to cover the vines while they have fruit in order to prevent the birds from eating the grapes. Instead of taking the netting down during the harvest, we bundled it and tied it to the posts up and out of the way of the harvesters.