As I look out my window I see there is a guy mowing the grass.  So as you can decipher, since were in the final few days of February, I'm not at the Red Trail Vineyard.   Currently, I’m on my winter trip to Oregon checking out the wineries and vineyards in the area.  Last week I visited the Napa Valley in California and enjoyed many of their wines and first class wineries.  This is my 10th year that I’ve traveled to the Pacific Northwest and it's hard to explain this part of the world e...

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Thanks to all who attended our Garden Harvest Dinner August 10th.  We had 55 guests enjoying swiss steak, garlic & rosemary potatoes, creamed green beans, tomatoes, creamed cucumbers and fresh sweet corn.

We'll have one final Friday Night Dinner to close out our 2012 Season.  We've had many requests to bring back the "Juicy Lucy's" one more time.  So stay tuned for the menu and the date!!

Cheers!

Rodney

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Thank you to the 'Friends of Arizona' group that wined & dined at the vineyard last night!  Grilled burgers, Grandma Hogen's Beans & Rod's Potato Salad fed this crowd followed by a piece of fresh rhubarb bars.  Red Trail Vineyard wines & beers from Miller Brewing quenched their thirst.  After dinner, Rodney led the group through the vineyard with a personal & educational tour.  And his guitar did make an appearance as well to entertain the crowd on the back patio to close out a very enjoyable...
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Thanks to all who attended Mexi-nite at the Red Trail Vineyard last Friday.  It was another great outing!  Our next Friday Nite Special will be on July 6^th - Italian Nite including all the fixins'.   We’ll have a 5 pm and 7 pm seating.  Reserve your seating early as we fill up quick!

Other happenings at the vineyard this past week...

We had 700+ vines that didn't survive the winter so now we are pruning and training the new growth.  That training will continue throughout the summer.  Weed...

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Juicy Lucy Night was our grand opening for our Friday Night Special at the vineyard. And it was a smashing success! JuicyLucy's (made to order stuffed burgers) paired with Hogen's Famous Potato Salad won our guests over.  And of course a little surprise dessert didn't hurt either!  Thanks to all who attended. :)


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It's been a busy spring at the vineyard. Pruning the 2,500+ vines is nearly finished.  Most of the vines seem to have survived the winter but I have seen some issues with the some of the vines that I think had to do more with the dry fall and also with the hail damage on the canes. So this will be another year to wait and see on our production.  We have put in more earth anchors and will be working on building more trellis this year.  

Opening day is fast approaching - Friday, May 25th.  Somet...
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