One Acre Napa Valley - Yountville AVA Episode 13 - 1st Harvest - 2013

Harvest of the new vineyard on October 2nd 2013

[@UnboundTongue]

Dave: First a couple of comments and then probably more questions than you want or will ever answer. I watched each of your videos many many times, they are some of the most informative things that I have ever found on the internet. No doubt the videos have inspired many to take the plunge into growing wine grapes & making wine. They have me, I have a small 60 plant vineyard in my backyard and a few gallons of Cab/Merlot ageing. Your videos have also inspired me to try to convince my children & grand children to plant vineyards on some of the 80 acres one of my daughters and her husband have that sits right in the middle of Washington States wine country between Prosser and Red Mountain. Not there yet, but maybe. $6,000 - $8,000/acre development cost is a substantial investment! So, thank you for your inspiration and KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING! Now the the questions You mentioned Wine Factors videos in some of episodes,are they coming & will they be on KZbin? I believe you said the Yountville vineyard is planted 4 x 6, that would be 1818 plants/acre, how many tons/acre do you plan to get when the plants mature? Do you use a small tractor in the vineyard? Or is everything done by hand? When pruning how many buds on average do you leave on a plant? Do you consider "none count" buds? How many clusters on average do you harvest per plant? I noticed that the plants in Episode 13 had very sparse leaf material (compared to mine). where they de-leafed? Or was that controlled by irrigation? Or varietal? How much water do you give your plants? How often? I could go on for a long time, but I will stop! Again, Thank You Don

[@cooljingmoney]

watched this series last year for the first time, learned new things this time, very well done

[@haymarketfreeride]

Hey Dave, I think this is the most interesting series of videos I've seen on KZbin! Do you plan on doing any more?

[@oneacrewine]

Hi haymarketfreeride Thanks very much for watching, happy to hear you enjoyed the videos. I do plan on doing more along with my friend Adam who does the filming. I am hoping to get back filming again next season, it has been a busy year, in addition to my One Acre Wines, we have launched another label ACRE wines. so perhaps after the harvest this year I will be able to get back to filming again. Thasnk again for watching Dave

[@ottosoli]

Hi Dave. I'm going next year to work on a small vineyard in Chile, i have never had any experience in viticulture before, but am very interested and keen to get started. Thank you for all your videos, i have just watched them all in the last 2 days and have taken notes. I have found them very helpful, especially for someone who hasn't the slightest clue on how to run a vineyard. I really hope that your grapes produce a winning wine once again:) P.S. Are there any books that you would recommend about the whole process that you have just run through - land prep to first harvest?

[@manu20012001]

Hi Dave! Cheers on the harvest! Are you going to have videos about the winemaking process itself?

[@Jimbow03]

Thank you for the videos. I have learned a lot from you.

[@bobbymctigue3669]

Love it

[@SereghiAlexandru]

Wonderful recordings, I watched it all and I enjoyed learning new things. I appreciate your hard work and I hope to upload as many materials on vine growth and maintenance. Congratulations!