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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> <B>Our Vermont Vineyard </B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Wines Winter 2010"><U>Our Wines - Winter 2010</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sales Outlets"><U>Sales Outlets</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tasting Room"><U>Tasting Room</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winery Construction"><U>Winery Construction</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winemaking"><U>Winemaking</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medal Winners in International Competiti"><U>Medal Winners in International Competition</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Organic Viticulture"><U>Organic Viticulture</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Area Info"><U>Area Info</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="tasting_classes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wine Tasting Classes Spring 2010"><U>Wine Tasting Classes Spring 2010</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Concerts"><U>Concerts</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> June 13, 2010</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> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>Our history & Newsletters</U></A></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 Winter 2010"><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="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>Our Vermont Vineyard </I></div> <div> <I>Shelburne Vineyard</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="878" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 703 WIDTH="457"><div> <B>Spring 2010 New Vineyard Plantings!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In partnership with Sam Coppola of NuMondo, 61 acres of land (the former Haight Farm in Charlotte) has been purchased.   It has wonderfully well drained west sloping prime farm land on it and we plan to put in a total of 15 acres of grapes over the new few years.  The first 5 acres of hardy MN varietals (Marquette and LaCrescent) were planted this spring (2010).  Also this spring we planted another half acre of Marquette at our Rt 7 winery site.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Our Three Current Vineyard sites:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Total of 10 acres of grapes planted to date: (planting dates shown)</B></div> <div> <B>BREEDING BARN SITE - 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008</B></div> <div> <B>MEACH COVE SITE        - 1999, 2007, 2110</B></div> <div> <B>RT 7 SITE                           - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010----------------->></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The first site</B> located just south of the historic <B>"</B><I><B>Breeding Barn</B></I><B>" on Shelburne Farms</B> is on land sloping to the south and west, with a fantastic view of Lake Champlain and the high peaks of the Adirondacks of NY State to the west.  The site was established in the spring of 1998.  It contains three white wine varieties: <B>LaCrescent, St Croix</B>, and <B>Vignoles.</B>  Rows are spaced 10 feet apart, with the vines spaced 4 feet apart in the row (vignoles) and 8 feet apart for LaCrescent and St Croix).  The soil is light, well drained with stone and shale.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>In the spring of 2005</B> we reluctantly removed (via chains and tractor) half of our Cayuga White from this site as yields plunged after the winters of 2003-4 and 2004-5.  We've replaced them with the new Minnesota developed white variety <B>La Crescent</B> ....planted on 8 ft spacings.  In the spring of 2007 more LaCrescent and a small amount of St Croix (red) was planted on this site. A half Acre of <B>St Croix </B>was planted in 2008</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2248e2b0.jpg" border=0 width="398" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> May 13, 2010 Marquette Vines - High Cordon Trellis</div> <div> _____________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18b912d0.jpg" border=0 width="401" height="301" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="457"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="457" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Veraison - Ripening on Marquette Grapes 8-4-08</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 709 WIDTH="457"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Our second site</B></FONT>, was established in the spring of 1999 approximately one mile south of the original site. It's on land leased from the 1,100 acre Meach Cove Estate.  The site is on level, well drained stony land very near the Town of Shelburne's Municipal Beach on Lake Champlain.  The largest planting on this site is <B>Riesling</B>.  We have several hardy clones of this variety, including "Arctic" originated by the Konstantin Frank Vineyard in NY State, and clones  #239 and #110.   The site also contains two other white wine varieties: <B>Vidal, </B>and <B>Traminette (2005 Double Gold medal winner, 2006 Gold medal winner)</B>.  </div> <bR> <div> Also planted here WAS the red grape "<B>Zweigelt</B>" <B>(2005 Gold medal winner) </B>a pure vinifera variety developed in Austria.  It has been proven in Ontario where it has produced some fine quality medium bodied reds capable of aging.  Alas, after 10 years it has not proved hardy enough for reliable harvests, and it was removed during the 2009 season and replaced in the spring of 2010 with more Vidal Blanc vines.</div> <bR> <div> Our first harvest from this site was in the fall of 2002.  The fall harvest of 2003 yielded our first significant quantities of Traminette and Zweigelt.</div> <bR> <div> The Minnesota hybrid <B>Marquette </B>was added to this site in June 2007.  </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Our 3rd site</B> </FONT>located directly on US RT 7 (Shelburne Road) between the VT Teddy Bear and the Shelburne village and Museum was planted in 2006 with  new cold hardy grape varieties; <B>Marquette </B>a red grape just released by the U of Minnesota;  <B>Louise Swenson</B> a white grape developed several years ago, also in Minnesota.   </div> <bR> <div> Another acre plus of  Marquette, and another red variety, St Croix and the white variety La Crescent were planted here in July 2007. An additional half acre of Marquette was planted here in June 2010.  </div> <bR> <div> This 13 acre site, owned by Shelburne Vineyard,  also houses our new, state-of-the-art, winery building.  We welcome you to visit, taste, tour and enjoy our new facility.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="313" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 371 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18c306d0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="365" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="307"><div> <A HREF="http://www.quiltedviews.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.quiltedviews.com"><U><B>Quilt  of Breeding Barn site created by Joan Jamieson</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.quiltedviews.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.quiltedviews.com"><U><B>of Vermont</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 308 WIDTH="457"><div> <B>FINE WINE IS MADE IN THE VINEYARD - CANOPY MANAGEMENT</B></div> <bR> <div> The secret to producing fine wine in northern climates is good "<I>canopy management</I>".  This means carefully pruning and positioning the vines and removing selected leaves during the growing season to insure that each grape cluster is fully exposed to the sun and to the summer breezes. This assures proper ripening, and minimizes the chances that mildews will form. Vines left to grow like a jungle won't produce fine wines.  Canopy management is labor intensive, but its worth every bit of effort.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PART TIME WORK IN LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY, ON A LOCATION WITH A MILLION DOLLAR VIEW CONTACT US...WE HAVE  PLENTY OF EXTRA PAIRS OF PRUNING SHEARS!!!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18e932e0.jpg" border=0 width="403" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 282 WIDTH="457"><div> <B>GROWING GRAPES ORGANICALLY</B></div> <div> Our Breeding Barn (on Shelburne Farms) vineyard site is <I>certified organic</I> by the <B>Northeast Organic Farming Assn - Vermont. (NOFA-VT).</B></div> <bR> <div> Our attention to canopy management, and spraying with natural occurring pesticides controls mildew.  We use mechanical means to control weeds, rather than applying harmful weed-killing chemicals, and we fertilize with compost.<I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Organic Viticulture"><U><B>More on Organic Viticulture</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19295130.jpg" border=0 width="405" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="457"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="457" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="402"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="402" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="514" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="508"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="508" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 364 WIDTH="508"><bR> <div> <B>________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Parentage of the New Minnesota Bred Grape Vines</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Frontenac:        MN89 x Landot 4511</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Marquette:       [ravat 262 (Pinot Noir x ?)] x [MN 1094 (V riperia x    V Vinifera and others)]</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>LaCrescent:     [St Pepin (Seyval x unnamed Swenson hybrid)] x [ES 6-8-25 (V riperia x muscat Hamberg)]</B></div> <div> <B>Thus, La Crescent has a complex species ancestry that, by pedigree, is approximately 45% V. vinifera, 28% V. riparia, and less than 10% each of V. rupestris, V. labrusca, and V. aestivalis. La Crescent was selected in 1992 and tested as MN 1166. (Info by Univ of MN http://www.grapes.umn.edu/lac/viticulture.html)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Louise Swenson:  ES2-3-17 x Kay Gray</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="508"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="508" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="508"><div> <B>Parentage of some of the other Hybrids</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cayuga White:    [seyval]  x  [Schuyler (Zinfandel x Ontario)]       NOTE: Cayuga is 1/4 Zinfandel!! *</B></div> <div> <B>Yup, Zinfandel....but Cayuga is white...go figure!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Traminette:   [Johannes Seyve 23.416  x  Gewurztraminer]</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*source: Cornell Bulletin Num 22 of August 1972, John Einset and W B Robinson</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>