Vermont Vineyard.

8-21-19 VERMONT: Two months after the summer solstice, and the sun is halfway back to the Equator, where it will be on the Autumnal Equinox in less than a month. Apples and rosehips are turning red.

We are getting more rain today, and it’s in the sixties. I have a sweater on, and we may need a fire tonight.

Last Sunday was beautiful, and we took a ride north to Corinth, VT, [the native Vermonters pronounce it ‘Crinth’ BTW.] and visited Montview Vineyard. It’s on a one lane dirt road. The vines are up on a hillside overlooking the Connecticut Valley with Mt. Moosilauke in the distance. There are several acres of vines, different varieties, hardy to 35° below. They have just started making their own wines after years of selling their grapes to others.

We tasted four wines and Judy especially like the Sangria, which we bought. They offer dinner at the winery and wine tastings on the weekends. They also sell wine at the Norwich Farmers Market. The website is https://montviewvineyard.com.

New blooms: lobelia.

Apples are ripening, summer is ending.

Grapes on the vines.

Vineyard in the mountains.

Moosilauke on the horizon.

Grape taster.