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May 2019 around our Vineyard

Our new vineyard sign after the wind storm in March destroyed the old one.
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March 2019 around our Vineyard

Kutlet is the newest member of our Scottish Highland family on our farm.
He was born March 28, 2019
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February 2019 around our Vineyard (not really)

The NC Fine Wines Society Gala in Winston-Salem on
February 16th gave Chuck & Jeannie
a chance to get away from the vineyard for a while.
Also seated at the table is Elaine Ryan and her hubby,
Peter, also members of the French Broad Vignerons.
The dinner was a delcious 7- course dinner paired with fine NC wines.
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December 2018 around our Vineyard


Added a few signs to help visitors remember the names of our grapes and cows!
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October 2018 around our Vineyard

Dr. Mark Hoffman (Small Fruits Extension Specialist from NCSU in Raleigh,
his Masters candidate student, Xiaonan from China,
and Dennis Goodwin (Board member of the NC Muscadine Grape
Association) visited Jewel of the Blue Ridge Vineyard
to collect yield data for the Katuah Muscadines.
Chuck attended the special December meeting mentioned in the article.
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August 2018 around our Vineyard

Chuck taught a "Mountain Living Skills" class on Knife & Axe Throwing.
WLOS Channel 13 TV was on hand to document some of his throwing techniques.
Here is the link to the TV spot: WLOS TV spot
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July 2018 around our Vineyard

Started building our walapini this month to winter over our
Katuah Muscadines and Scuppernong grapevine starts.
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June 2018 around our Vineyard

Finally have some temperature data confirming the cold-hardiness
of our Katuch Muscadine and Katuah Scuppernong grapes.
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May 2018 around our Vineyard

D'Vine Foods delivered our first commercially made batch of
Jeannie's Muscadine Grape-Hull Preserves May 1, 2018!
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April 2018 around our Vineyard

Our newest Scottish Highland family member,
Sandy Hamburger II, born April 12, 2018
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March 2018 around our Vineyard

This is part of the first 350 Katuah Muscadine to be wintered over in
our greehouse so they can be planted early in Spring to improve
winter kill survivability in the mountains. Not easy!
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January 2018 around our Vineyard

Jeannie supervising her recipe at D'Vine Foods as they make the first
batch of Jeannie's Muscadine Grape-Hull Preserves on January 18, 2018.
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Our Scottish Highland cows having breakfast at 12F on January 17th.
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November 2017 around our Vineyard

Chuck Set up and moderated a video conference with Fermentation
Festival attendees in the Madison County Copperative Extension Office
and Dr. Fred Breidt, Fermentation Specialist from NCSU in Raleigh NC.
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September 2017 in our Vineyard

Chuck is all smiles with his first scuppernong crop. It took him 5 years
of special breeding to develop the first self-pollinating,
cold-hardy scuppernong he named the Katuah Scuppernong.
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May 2017 in our Vineyard

It's May! All the Katuah Muscadine & Katuah Scuppernong
vines are pruned and pushing leaves.
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April 2017 around our vineyard/farm

It's Spring! Dogwoods are blooming all over the farm.
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March 2017 in the pastures

Our newest Scottish Highland calves -
Left is Paddy O'Beef, born September 28, 2016
and right is Jenny, born October 19, 2016

May showers over the vineyard 2016
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New Scottish Highland heffer calf born to Ros on March 23, 2016
we nicknamed her "Cutlet".
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Chuck & Jeannie were featured in the
February 2016 Citizens-Times newspaper article
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Chuck was master of Ceremonies for the
2015 International American Ginseng Expo at UNC Asheville.
Ed Fletcher - NCNPA Board Member on the right, with Sam Lundsford - a local star of the "Appalachian Outlaws" TV reality show - in the middle.
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Our November 2015 newspaper article
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Our donkey, Oh Pear! and her first colt, Gabriel,
born
March 25, 2015. He is so cute!
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Click here to see our Photo Gallery
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Click here to read the May 2017 Article in The Mountain Xpress,
"Get growing with WNC's grape guru"
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Click here to read the April 2017 Article in The Laurel of Asheville magazine, "Jewel of the Blue Ridge Vineyard - Living with Grapes"
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Click here to read the September 2014 article in WNC Magazine,
"Muscadine Mania"
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