Riesling Vines on Wires

This is the sun sweetspot.  The vines have grown faster in these two rows than all others.


Bob McCrindle built a cool trellis doorway out of cedar at the bottom of the hill.  Over time, we will cover the trellis in flowering vines.

View from Floyd Ackert Road, showing the full hillside.

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