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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="160085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Shelburne Vineyard</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shelburne Vineyard "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Vermont Vineyard "><U>Our Vermont Vineyard </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Wines"><U>Our Wines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sales Outlets"><U>Sales Outlets</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tasting Room New Construction"><U>Tasting Room & New Construction</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winery Construction"><U>Winery Construction</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winemaking"><U>Winemaking</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medal Winners in International Competiti"><U>Medal Winners in International Competition</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Organic Viticulture"><U>Organic Viticulture</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="161d2e83.jpg"> <div> <B>Shelburne Vineyard</B></div> <div> Updated</div> <div> Sept 18, 2007</div> <div> Our Vineyard</div> <div> <IMG SRC="03f647c0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shelburne Vineyard "><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> News, History, Newsletters</div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Vermont Vineyard "><U>Our  Vineyard</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winemaking"><U>Winemaking</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Wines"><U>Our Wines</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_m.htm#shelburne_vineyard_in_the_media" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="News"><U>Press Coverage</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Visiting our Vineyard</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="16207073.jpg"> <div> <I>News</I></div> <div> <B>Shelburne Vineyard</B></div> <div> <B>March 2007       Zweigelt   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2007 growing season:</FONT></div> <div> <B>This is a pure vinifera varietal (pure European parentage) and a challenge for us here in Vermont.</B></div> <div> <B>We chose it as our only red vinifera varietal based on its hardiness and its ability to ripen in our climate.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It produces a fine medium bodied red wine with pleasant tannins, somewhat similar to a Pinot Noir.  It's the most widely planted red variety in Austria where it originates.  Its also widely grown in Ontario's, Niagara Bench region.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Until the spring of 2007 we thought it was as hardy as Riesling.  We were wrong.  We planted it first in 1999 but I guess its takes a decade or so to really understand how a given variety will fare in a given area.  On March 6, 2007 the temperature plunged to minus 18 F, the coldest we have seen since our first planting.  It occured after a relative mild winter.... at least until that day, with the result that we have no Zweigelt crop this year.   The Riesling vines located in the very next rows will have a reasonable crop and yield this year....SO....March 6 separated Riesling from Zweigelt......we now must conclude that Riesling is a considerably hardier vinifera than Zweigelt.  It took us 8 growing seasons to learn this!!   The Zweigelt vines mostly survived so we will try for a crop next year.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>December 2006                            </B><B>  </B><B>Ice Wine Harvest - Half the Juice but Twice as Sweet -</B></div> <div> <B>                                                        </B><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Half the juice but Twice as Sweet Shelb"><U><B>Burlington (VT) Free Press December 29, 2006</B></U></A><B>  Read the complete story at this link</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Summer 2006</B></div> <div> <B>New Winery Equipment</B><B> </B><B>                Sept 2006 marked a major expansion in winemaking</B></div> <div> <B>New vines planted                          capability. New state-of-the-art 16 HL press, a remote controlled </B></div> <div> <B>                                                         </B><B>pump, and GAI automated bottling line are up and operating.  </B><B>                                     </B></div> <div> <B>                                                          </B></div> <div> <B>                                                         An additional 2.5 acres of  newly released hardy vines were           </B></div> <div> <B>                                                         planted at our new RT 7/Shelburne Road site.                          </B></div> <div> <B>                                                         1.25 acres of Lousie Swenson (White) and 1.25 acres of  </B></div> <div> <B>                                                         Marquette (red) were planted on 8 ft intervals in rows spaced </B></div> <div> <B>                                                         10 feet apart. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                                          </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tasting Room New Construction"><U><B>New Winery & Vineyard</B></U></A><B>     </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>            </B></FONT><B> </B><B>Construction to begin in 2007</B></div> <div> <B>                                                           New State-of-the-Art Winery and Tasting building</B></div> <div> <B>                                                           & an additional 2.5 acres of  vineyard to be planted with more new </B></div> <div> <B>                                                           cold hardy varietals.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ColdClimateWorkshop"><U><B>Vermont Vineyard Seminar</B></U></A><B>              Visit of Mark Chien, Penn State extension Viticulturist</B></div> <div> <B>                                                            March 28 and 29, 2005</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="488" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 95 WIDTH="232"><div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medal Winners in International Competiti"><U><B>Medals</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Customer Comments"><U><B>Customer Comments</B></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>Shelburne Vineyard Medals won in International Competitions</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What our customers say about </B></div> <div> <B>our wines</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shelburne Vineyard Newsletter 1"><U><B>Newsletter #1  Spring 1998</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>A Brief history and goals of Shelburne Vineyard</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="newsletter_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter 2, Dec 1999"><U><B>Newsletter #2  December 1999</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Shelburne Vineyard's second season</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="232"><div> <B>Newsletter #3</B><B> </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>2000, Our first harvest</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2001 Early 2002 Vineyard Newsletter 4 "><U><B>Newsletter #4      May 2002</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>2001, The 2nd Harvest, 1st Winemaking & Our 1st Sales!!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 2002 progress July 7 02 update "><U><B>Newsletter #5  Summer 2002</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our First Season Early Spring"><U><B>Tour of Our first Season</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>July 7, 2002 Update</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A photo tour - Establishing the vineyard - spring to fall 1998</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="232"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="232" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="245" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 172 WIDTH="232"><div> <B> <A NAME="shelburne_vineyard_in_the_media"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Shelburne Vineyard in the Media</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Burlington Free Press June 16, 03</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>"one Vermont vintage is doing well with the local wine connoisseur...and that is the Shelburne Vineyard label. This..[is] a very well made wine.  We see a lot of wines from obscure places.  Shelburne Vineyard is an amazing Vermont wine and that label will get well-known outside the state." </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 116 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Business People Vermont Feb 07"><U><B>Business People Vermont Feb '07</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>"In 1997, Ken and Gail Albert turned their hobby into a business with the founding of Shelburne Vineyard. Today, as their wines are winning awards and fans, they have opened a tasting room and are about to break ground on a new winery building..........." </B><I><B> by Virginia Lindauer Simmon</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="file://C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\My Documents\Websites\Vermont-Organic-Vineyard.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\My "><U><B>Appellation America Feb '07</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>"I recently spoke with Ken, the owner of Shelburne Vineyard in Shelburne, Vermont, about his unique microclimate, carefully chosen grape varieties, and the continuing evolution of his business....." See the rest of the article </B><I><B>by Brigid Caroll.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="232"><div> <A HREF="file://C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\My Documents\Websites\ibm-igrantsFeb07.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\My "><U><B>Seven Days - Vermont Weekly Feb '07</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>"In 1998, one-time chip-design engineer Ken Albert launched Shelburne Vineyard, an organic winery."....</B><I><B>.by Cathy Resmer (02/21/07)</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 213 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Half the juice but Twice as Sweet Shelb"><U><B>Burlington Free Press Jan 1,</B></U></A><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Half the juice but Twice as Sweet Shelb"><U><B> '07</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> <B>Half the juice but twice as sweet</B></div> <div> <B>December 30, 2006</B></div> <div> <I><B>By Ashley Matthews</B></I><B> SHELBURNE -- Friday morning, pre-dawn, wasn't an ideal time for picking fruit. At 4 a.m., it was 16 degrees. Snow flurries whipped in a nagging wind. It was dark -- very dark. Despite the adversity, 10 people trekked through rows of grape vines at Shelburne Vineyard, collecting bunches of the fruit by the light of headlamps and truck headlights. The grapes were this season's last; the rest were plucked from the vines months ago.......</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="232"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="232" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="245" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="232"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="232" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="245" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="232"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="232" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="245" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div>                     </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>