Our first Tip of the Mitt Marquette harvest on September 29th was a success!! Thanks to all that came out on a cool, damp Saturday morning to help!! Although it will end up being a small batch, we are so thrilled to be able to bottle and offer an estate-grown wine when we open our tasting room next fall. I’ve included a few pictures from harvest and initial processing of the wine below.
We’re now starting prep work for our plantings next Spring…the vineyard work never stops!! Excited to be planting a few cold-hardy white varieties like La Crescent and Itasca. Tasting room design is almost complete and we’re hoping to break ground before the end of the year – Boyne Valley Vineyards is slowly becoming a reality!!!
Marquette cluster before harvest
1st lug full of harvested Marquette grapes
Macro bins full of harvested Marquette grapes
Marquette grape must after crushing/destemming and fermentation
Pressing Marquette grapes after 1 week of fermentation