One Acre Napa Valley - Yountville AVA - Episode #3- End post anchors

[colinfiona1]

Hi Dave,

These a wonderful series of videos. We are just making plans for a "micro-vineyard" just outside of Sonoma in the Mayacamas mountain range at my dad's property there, and grappling with issues of layout, orientation, spacing, and varietal/cone/rootstock selection. But first, the blackberries must go! Are you doing any consulting work in the area? All the best, and keep the lessons coming, Colin Reed

[oneacrewine]

Hi colinfiona1

Nice to hear from you, glad you enjoyed the videos. As you know there has been quite a lot of rain here, and I haven't been able to finish up all the irrigation because the grounds so wet. But as soon as we dry up a bit I will get the next videos done.

Sounds like a real nice project and a great location. I would be happy to talk or take a look at what you are working on. If you like, you can go to my website and under contact us, send me an email

Thanks again

Dave

[lookhere10]

Hi Dave,

Looks like there is much work to be done before the vineyard can be up and running. I do have a question. What is the capital outlay from preparing the ground till the planting of the vines for your one acre. Thanks for the detailed videos for a city bred man like me thru your vineyard set up. Thanks again.

Daniel Rajan

[oneacrewine]

Hi Daniel

Good to hear from you and thanks for watching. Vineyard costs can really vary depending on the location and the variety, as well as the source of water, but especially the trellising and the spacing of the vines drive the cost. Since I am not working with large vineyards, and because I do all the work my self, I plant the vines fairly close together, 4 x 4. Generally speaking though, costs can run from around 25,000 to as much as 40,000 per acre.

Thanks for watching

Dave

[clifter8]

Hi Dave,

Great videos! I am planning to start a small vineyard in the Northern Virginia AVA 2-3 years. Your videos have been a big help in planning. Where did you get the stakes from with the metal cleats? I know it may be too much work for you but for beginners like me, a list or blog outlining what and where to find the necessary vineyard materials really helps! I really appreciate all the time you're putting into these videos and look forward to learning more!

Clinton

[manu20012001]

Greatly improved audio! Vineyard is looking good!

Thanks for these videos... It really lets you know the effort and work that goes into planting a vineyard! I'll be watching!

Cheers!

[oneacrewine]

Hello manu20012001

Thanks for for watching, happy to hear that you liked the video. The audio and visual sure did turned out better this time, as I now have the help of a friend who has worked for CBS and Fox as a cameraman. He has some better equipment for us to work with. You are right about all the work that goes into developing a vineyard before any wine is produced. I am looking for ward to doing more videos as the vineyard develops.

Thanks

Dave

[brucegoren]

What kind of wire is that?

Would have liked to see a better close-up of how the gripper goes on, your gloves were in the way.

Thank you for doing these videos!

[oneacrewine]

Hi brucegoren

Thanks very much for watching. The videos are fun to do. The wire is just a standard high-tensile wire 12 ga. The grippers are made by a company in England called Gripple. The one I used was their medium size, which can be used for 14 - 10 ga. wire. It wont be too long before we do the video on installing the longer strands of trellising wire, I will do a bit more of a close up on the gripper then.

Thanks again for watching.

Dave