I'm doing a lot of research, and it looks like preparing for the
vineyard will take some time. No surprise there. I'm blessed with an
abundance of resources, such is the age in which I live, so getting my
feet wet doesn't necessarily mean steeping into quicksand. At my
disposal is a world wide web of possibilities for knowing exactly what I
need to do from a technical standpoint, so I can get past that and get
to the creative aspect of developing good wines. So I've found a few
important documents from the University of Kentucky, talking about
preparation of the fields for the vines. I've also watched part of a
video, and will probably watch many more that talk about the grape
rowing process from the point of view of master winemakers.
That
brought me to this video, which discusses briefly, but I think it to be
extremely important to root in my mind, the four factors of successful
wine making, namely exposure (to sunlight), soil (nutrient content, type
of soil - clay vs sandy - provides different character), age of the
vine (they're talking about the average age being 30 years....eek) and
climate.
Cool video!
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