One Acre in Napa Valley - Episode # 8, Harvest

[artsbest1]

Very inclusive video for sure. How many acre(s) are you dealing with in this video and what amount of tonage per acre are you getting? I'm educating myself on the fine art of wine growing and your video is a godsend. Thanks much.

[oneacrewine]

Hi artsbest1

Happy to hear you liked the videos. I actually just have one acre that is producing in the Oak Knoll AVA and one more acre that I am planting in the Yountville AVA, both in Napa Valley. An acre of Cabernet in ideal conditions will produce about 3 to 3.5 tons of fruit. That would finish to be about 1800 bottles of wine per acre per year. Some varieties produce more tonnage per acre and some will produce less.

Thanks for watching

Dave

[djyeshua]

Hi Dave,

Love your series and learnt heaps.

I am in Australia in South East Queensland and have some grapes growing for the first year, just wondering do I let the canes grow all the way up to the top wire and then follow it or is it best to prune it? thanks.

Jay

[oneacrewine]

Hello Jay

Good to hear from you, thanks for watching. If you just planted the vines you might consider just letting them grow with out pruning them the 1st year. The reason is, that the many leaves that will result from all the un-pruned shoots will further the growth and development of the root system. If you prune them back in the 2nd year to 2 buds and then train up a shoot to the wine, the roots will have developed nicely the year before.

Thanks again for watching

Dave

[Petrol200SX]

Hi Dave

Just watched all of the videos, thanks very much for talking the time and effort to make them. I learned loads. I am in the UK and it's not easy growing stuff here let alone grapes. I have 3 vines so fingers crossed I get something off them this year.

Once again thank you for taking the time and effort to make this series

Best regards

P

[oneacrewine]

Hello P

Happy to hear you liked the videos, hope they are of a little help. Just came back in from thinning shoots, vines are doing well this year. Let me know how your vine do.

Thanks for watching

Dave

[skrade3]

Dave, your videos are great, and I learned a lot by watching them. I just planted (10) 2 year old Cabernet Sauvignon vines this spring here in Massachusetts, and it is exciting to see the leaves and shoots forming. I did lots of research over the winter, and I feel confident after watching your videos that I can make them grow nicely. We have been making wine for about 7 years now, and I figured it was about time to grow some grapes too!

- Matteo

[shaggyonguitar]

Thanks Dave, great education. started a small vineyard last year, cant wait for spring. Wish i could buy some, Pennsylvania wont let me receive shipment...we're back in time over here. Best of luck!

[oneacrewine]

Hello shaggyonguitar,

Thanks for the message, just want to share some of the things that I had learned from others. Send a picture sometime of your vineyard, it would be nice to see. Maybe someday with Pennsylvania.

Dave

[kidgloves2]

I would love to see you show how you actually make the wine. With the same detail that you put into these videos.

Great job with these!

[thetmaxx]

Very cool series. I enjoyed it very much, lots of information.

[dahuako]

hi dave

i just watched your 8 videos and they're amazing, i learned so much. I have a very small vineyard for personal consume and this is the first year ill get cropload, im pretty excited but i have a question in regards to making wine: do you put extra yeast for the first fermentation or do you only use the one that the grapes contain?

again thanx very very much

[ur1234562001]

Nice videos. I loved watching all episodes for the last several months waiting for each one of them. Cute to end the video with your kids.

[oneacrewine]

Hello ur1234562001,

Thanks very much for watching through the year, the videos were fun to do.

Dave

[flappyfish42]

Dave,

I followed your videos all year long. This was great to see the actual practice of viticulture. I hope you have other information or techniques to put up this coming season. Thanks!

[001085]

Hi Dave,

Very enjoyable series of videos. I'm a table grape buff from Australia & i have imported some canes from New Zealand. I have had them back from quarantine a couple of years & now i want to prune them properly. The grapes are 'Albany Surprise' which developed in a suburb of Auckland & is derived from the American Isabella strain. Your leave a spur and cane method looked great but what are the alternatives.

Cheers Gary

[oneacrewine]

Hi Gary,

I am glad you like the videos. I had not heard of Isabella grapes before, or 'Albany Surprise' but I did some checking in my text books and found that Isabella is a older black variety, from North America. I did find a reference that mentioned Isabella could be pruned like a Thompson seedless, which because of being very vigorous and productive are cane pruned. But you might try a cordon pruned vine along side of cane pruned plants and see if there is any difference in the fruit.

Dave

[hrlavender]

Awesome videos. I feel like went to school, and I learned a ton. Thank you for doing this!

[oneacrewine]

Hi hrlavender,

I am very happy to hear you liked the videos, they were fun to put together.

Dave

[bluzy25]

those girls are priceless!