Check out our vineyard! beginning of a vineyard :)

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Are you going to be alright for water if the drought keeps up?

yeah this is N Texas, we'll be fine. it's just a little home setup on our side yard

here's a pic from the second window of the house looking over the side yard and the garden/vineyard;

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Beautiful.

Nice!

You should have logged in to post the thread, then we could see the pictures!

Beautiful vineyard!

That's a mess, not a vineyard.

America was a joke for wine 10-15 years ago nasty stuff....the bottles I've tried recently are up there with anywhere in Europe or the other New World producers.. you probably have some ideal soil and growing conditions..

What have you planted? Hoping to make mine out of it?

What do you use to stop grape mold?

Awesome!!! ^5

and Japanese beetles?

Now I want to grow some grapes!

I had a small vineyard years ago.
Maybe it was just me, but the hornets just loved it.

I bought many top rated patented Muscadine varieties @ Ison's and have a great vineyard! I highly recommend their "Supreme" variety. Makes great wine, too!

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I would remove all of the weeds/grass that are near so they do not absorb moisture that is meant for the grapes.

Very nice!!

I'm in the US and have a winery I can walk to around the corner. The owner is Italian and makes great wines.

I, on the other hand, have only made wine out of dandelions :).

What varietals you growing OP? I know Spanish Varietals like Garnacha, and Tempranillo grow well in most parts of Texas, as well as French Varietals like Petit Verdot.

Hybrids will do well in Texas(not a fan of most hybrids)

Id stay away from American grape varietals ie Muscadine, concord, etc. They are easy to grow, but make shitty wine. Put in a little more effort an grow Vitis Vinefera and make some good wine.

Texas is actually the 6th largest wine producinng region in the US.

Bullshit. America destroyed the French with their own varietals in a blind tasting at the Judgement of Paris in 1975. It was a 1973 vintage of Stags Leap Cab Sauv, and a 1973 Chateau Montelena Chard. That was the day that put America on the wine stage.

Are you willing to fight to the death for it or anything for that matter?

I use a 10-10-10 fertilizer applied all around each vine in March before a rain, & again in June for maximum production!

You might increase your phosphorus just a tad.