The warming days and rains have started new cycles in the lives of the vineyards. In fact, every component of this farm is starting a new cycle. Spring always brings new beginnings and old chores. The farm comes to life in the form of blossoming peaches and longer hours in the fields.
Children come to see the new animals in the petting zoo.
The Farm Market staff is back, preparing for, hopefully, another bountiful year. Wines from the 1999 harvest are just beginning to be bottled in the cellar. While the farm is a buzz with activity again we sometimes pause to reflect. Peaches and grapes produced record crops, and apples were at near record levels. The pears were intensely sweet, and nectarines were so juicy that you had to wear a bib to eat one.