Our First Season - Spring

<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><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shelburne Vineyard "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our First Season Early Spring"><U>Our First Season - Early Spring</U></A>   |   <B>Our First Season - Spring </B>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our First Season July"><U>Our First Season - July</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our First Season August"><U>Our First Season - August</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our First Season Fall"><U>Our First Season - Fall</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="161d2e83.jpg"> <div> Shelburne Vineyard</div> <bR> <div> Our Vineyard</div> <div> <IMG SRC="03f647c0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Home</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"><U>Our Wines</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About us</U></A></div> <div> Press Coverage</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 First Season - Spring </I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 1998 - OUR FIRST SEASON!!</div> <div> CHRONICLE OF A VINEYARD STARTUP</div> <div> MAY 1998,</div> <div> PLANTING THE VINES!!</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="522" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 469 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="060c8bd0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="445" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> Our first vines ready to go into the ground on a fine spring day</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05ec8cf0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="463" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="196"><div> <I>Bundle of 25 one year old</I></div> <div> <I>nursery-grown vines ready for planting</I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="110" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="200"><div> <I>Vineyard worker</I></div> <div> <I>and assistant</I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our First Season July"><U>NEXT: Click here for July 1998</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>