The reason I chose to do my blog on vineyards is because i live on twenty-five acres of vineyard in Redwood Valley that my grandparents own and they also own twenty-five where thay live in Talmage. They have had their vineyard in Talmage for about thirty-two years. and i don't know how long they have had the Redwood Valley ranch. their vineyards and my grnadma's realestate is their only income. and with realestate not in a good market they rely on the vineyard. i have live on the Redwood Valley ranch since i was almost a year old. every year in harvest i get to miss a day or two to help pick grapes. my grandparents work very hard on their vineyards. my grandpa is sixty-six years old and spends all his time in the vineyard.

Different Wineries in Mendocino California

Mendocino County is part of the North Coast wine region and has over 15,500 acres of vineyards with nine distinct grape growing regions. There are less than 60 wineries in the Mendocino area but over 340 grape growers in Mendocino County with a strong regional emphasis on organic grape growing.

1. Baxter Winery
2. Foursight Wines
3. Silversmith Vineyards
4. McNab Ridge
5. Standish Winery
6. Breggo Cellars
7. Jeriko Estate
8. Roederer Estate
9. Le Vin Winery & Vineyards
10. Fife Vineyards
11. Nelson Family Vineyards
12. Dunnewood Vineyards
13. Claudia Springs Winery
14. Husch Vineyards
15. Barra of Mendocino
16. Graziano Family of Wines
17. Scharffenberger Cellars
18. Milano Family Winery
19. Greenwood Ridge Vineyards
20. Yorkville Cellars
21. Handley Cellars
22. Parducci Wine Cellars
23. Esterlina Vineyards
24. Goldeneye Winery
25. Meyer Family Cellars
26. Brutocao Cellars
27. McDowell Valley Vineyards
28. Navarro Vineyards
29. Zina Hyde Cunningham Winery
30. Maple Creek Winery (Artevino)

As demand for wine increases across the United States and the entire world, the planting of new vineyards has become more popular and lucrative. Existing wine producers are having a difficult time increasing production capacity simply because there are not enough grapes. Subsequently, there is high competition for new grapes, which is driving the increased planting of new vineyards.
However, growing quality wine grapes is not usually an easy task. One should definitely be educated in agriculture, viticulture, and similar sciences. There are many factors to consider before deciding to plant a vineyard. The main key is determining the profitability of the venture. Up-front costs for starting a vineyard can be quite costly, averaging $10,000 per acre for the first few years before any grapes can be harvested. Those costs include stakes or trellises, wire, rootstock and labor. That doesn't include the substantial cost of the land. A typical Return on Investment for a new vineyard takes at least 10 years.
There is also quite a bit of risk involved in starting a vineyard. Vine damage or loss can be caused by inclement weather, such as hail or frost. Diseases and pests such as birds, bugs and deer can hinder the proper growth of grapevines. Factors such as climate, topography and soil type have a great impact on grape quality.
Assuming the grapes are skillfully harvested, is there a market for the product? How will the grapes be used? If the vineyard is not supporting a particular winery, then arrangements must be made to sell the grapes to an outside customer. It is good to build relationships with winery owners and other wine producers in the same area that the vineyard occupies. Many wineries grow little or none of their own grapes, thus relying heavily on outside vineyards to produce the grapes that make their wine.
Having said all this, planting a vineyard can be a great opportunity for someone with the time, money and knowledge required. Hopefully, you will find the information on this website useful and productive.

http://vineyardowner.com/

Wine making tips

Long before you harvest your first crop of grapes you will have had to plan what to do with it. Many smaller vineyards simply sell their crop to a local winery that then produces a wine. Or you can make a wine yourself. Making your own wine requires a lot of investing in equipment, such as wine-tanks and oak barrels (if you want to make a higher quality wine) as well as de-steamers and presses. If you are going to make a higher quality wine you will need to store the wine for 1-3 years to mature, preferably in oak barrels. If you make 50,000 liters of wine and want to store it for 2 years you will actually need a minimum of 100 000 litters of oak barrel storage and wine barrels cost a lot! It is of course a lot cheaper to make the wine in steel tanks and then also store it in the very same tanks, and as soon as possible after that bottle the wine. Bottling equipment and corkers are other things that are on your “to buy” list if this is the way you want to go. Things like bottling equipment is available fully hand powered, no electricity needed and this is probably what would suite me, as I also plan to run my vineyard ecologic!

http://www.your-own-wine.com/

Simple facts and info.

1. It normally takes 1 kg of grapes to produce one 70ml bottle of wine. This means that on one ton (1000 kg) of grapes you get 700 liters of wine.

2. Price of grapes if you plan to sell them to a winery is about $0.30 – $0.60 per kilo. This is for the simplest type of grapes, not classified and non organic.

3. On one acre of land you can estimate a grape production of 2 to 3 tons, but this could be much less or more, but as a basic rule it works.

4. On one acre of land you can calculate a yearly production of about 1500 to 2000 bottles of wine.

Tips for planting vineyards

Size matters. How big vineyard are you planning? Will this size be sufficient to actually create and income that will pay all the cost and earn you the living you plan to earn from your vineyard? Size of your new vineyard can of course often be changed later, you can buy neighbouring properties or you have perhaps bought more land then you needed in the beginning and can keep on planning more vines to further develop you vineyard at a later stage. If there is no more land to buy next to the land you buy now, will the prices there have a reason to rice in the future so that you now longer can make it financially sound to buy more land in the area? Position of the vineyard, altitude. What altitude is the land on as this will effect what grapes you can grow on the land for you’re the vineyard you plan to start. Frost is something that most grapes are sensitive to and this has to be taken in to account. Each country has its own climate and this has to be calculated in to the plan of your vineyard establishing plans. Will the grapes you plan to plant actually grow well on this height? What about flooding and pest control? Snow in the winters? How much snow? Frost in the spring? You need to take all this in to considerations when buying land for you new vineyard! So make sure the climate on the property you plant to buy for establishing a new vineyard is right! Position of the vineyard is not only about altitude and climate. You also need to take in to account sun angle. Where does the sun rise in on the property and where does the sun set on your planed vineyard property? What is the slop if any of the property and can you plant your vines so you get the right exposure to the sun for your vines to grow with maximum potential and quality? A sloping property can be planted on, no problem at all, but if it is slopping very steep then you might need to create “balconies” where the vines are planted and this need to be done so that you can still reach all the plants with the machinery you plan to use for your vineyard!

Tips On Making Wine!!

#1. “Choosing a property”, here you will find info of what to think about when you want to buy a property for a vineyard, since my dream place is Spain, much of the information is about “rural property in Spain”.

#2.“Planting vines”, information of how to plant vines and of course what vines to plant!
“Making a wine” are you really going to make the wine yourself? Or perhaps just sell the grapes to some other winery? What to think of when planning to make wine.

#3. “Marketing and Market” how will you sell your wine? Are there any really good ideas out there of how to market a new wine? Where are the wine buyers?

#4."Ecological Wine making" ofcourse here is how to make ecological wine. One of the fastest growing transitions in wine production in Spain at the moment.