A look at the start of a vineyard
March 3, 2009
After a few years of searching for a spot on Keuka Lake to attempt the difficult task of growing vinifera grapes, my parents and their partners, the Stewarts, finally settled on 5503 Dutch Street, Dundee, NY. The land was purchased in 1971. One of the first things they had done was to have a pond dug. The land was primarily pastureland but there were a few acres of Concord grapes growing (not seen in the pictures). Here are a few of the first pictures taken of the land before they started planting grapes…
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- Fall of 1971…pond has been dug!
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- East Branch Farms, Inc…aka McGregor Vineyard c. 1972
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