Extreme Cold and Obsessing about the Vines
It’s cold for the vines but a little bit of effort and a lot of good timing makes all the difference in farming.
Author: Tim Kuepfer
Entrepreneur, Winegrower and Father. I write about going for your dreams, living authentically, raising a family and building a winery from scratch in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Tuff Times and the Saga of the Lambs
Flower and Darling doing what they love best — eating hay
Everything Seems Normal. But It's Not.
Woody is looking sad. He has no one to welcome to the winery.
Ten Years to a Winery Dream
Exactly ten years ago today, our offer to purchase our little patch of paradise in Prince Edward County was accepted.Continue Reading
Amour, Amour!
Ten years ago when we planted the vineyard block that we call the “Back Acher”, we had trouble choosing whichContinue Reading
Unexpected Helpers
Daniel Auteuil, Yves Montand in “Jean de Floret”. The film inspired us to start on our vineyard journey, with Gérard Depardieu’s unbridled optimism as a city dweller who inherits a farm in the French countryside. The neighbouring farmers — father and son — conspire to cheat their new city-folk neighbour out of his land. Thank goodness our neighbours Norm and Donny are quite the opposite characters!
Filmography/Bookography for Vineyard Dreamers and Urban Escape Artists
Here are some books and movies that we enjoyed in our journey to starting a winery. I always admired entrepreneursContinue Reading
A Winter Break…Literally
Unexpected challenges in the vineyard Winter is a respite when the vigneron forgets problems of the past and begins toContinue Reading
Climate Change and Grape Growing – 1
ONE DAY LAST MAY, a beaver swam past our truck on the way to work. I was driving our workersContinue Reading
Vhat Vine tastes good Vith Vhich?
How foods and wines enhance each other are part of our everyday lives we often rush past and miss. Slow down, notice, appreciate, and take some time to enjoy.
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