 We
have contracted with and will be growing our grapes for Nevada's
own Tahoe Ridge Winery. Our
1,650 Frontenac vines will make us the largest grower of
the University of Minnesota developed cold hardy varietal
West
of the Mississippi.
The
grape vines that Proprietors David and Susan Semas, together
with Rick and Kathy Halbardier of Tahoe Ridge Winery, have
selected include both cold hearty varietals of red, Frontenac
(1,650)
and St. Croix (1,065) and white, La Crosse (1,650) and Brianna
(1,050).
The
vineyard basic layout is as follows:
- 62
rows (longest
run of 670 feet, average run of 400 feet, with
typical of 275 - 375 feet)
- End
posts - 134 (6" x
6" pressure treated posts
set in concrete, 3 feet deep)
- Configuration
- 5 feet x 10 feet spacing (vines on 5' 0" centers)
- Total
25,000 lineal feet (actual 24,523 lineal feet)
- Grape
vines on 5 feet OC = 5,000 (actual 4,927 production and
498 nursery = 5,425)
- Drip
Line, emitters on 2 feet 6 inches (30 inches) OC = 25,000
LF
- Trellis
supports on 20 feet OC = 1,250 units
- 4
wire (1 drip + 3 vine support) and 2 wind = 6 wire total
or 150,000
LF
- Prevailing
Winds - West and South West
- Row
layout - North to South
- Perimeter
service roads will be 25 feet to 32 feet wide,
planted with
Birds Foot
Tree
Foil clover.
- Cover
Crop alternating rows (to bet determined), water
migration
from
vineyard drip system.
- Agricultural
well at 450 feet, 8" casing, producing
70 gallons per minute (head
pressure at 65 PSI+)
- Top
soil DG (decomposed granite) composite, with subterranean
soil mix of sandy
loam.
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