December ’10 Winemaker Notes
Dear Frogtown Citizen: Most importantly all of us at Frogtown wish you a very enjoyable Christmas and a most healthy, productive, and happy New Year! Vineyard Update We have enjoyed some real cold...
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February 2011 The concern we have is the early (prior to the last week in March or the first week in April) bud break of our vines followed by temperatures immediately before sunrise below 31 degrees...
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Dear Frogtown Citizen: From February 27, 2011, the date of my Winemaker Notes accompanying the February shipment until May 4, 2011, Frogtown vineyard experienced somewhat cooler temperatures and more...
View ArticleFebruary ’13 Winemaker Notes
Dear Frogtown Citizen: Calendar of Events Enclosed with this shipment you will find a 2013 Frogtown Events Calendar. There are many Citizens Only Exclusive Events. Please choose those Events you would...
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May ’13 Winemaker Notes
Dear Frogtown Citizen Significant Development in Recognition of the High Quality of Frogtown Wines. Cydney and I are very proud to inform you, our Citizens, Frogtown has been designated a Superstar by...
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Dear Frogtown Citizen: National and International Recognition As difficult a year as this has been for farming grapes on Georgia’s Dahlonega Plateau (see topic immediately below), the national and...
View ArticleFebruary ’14 Winemaker Notes
Dear Frogtown Citizen: Vineyard Update It has been cold this winter. I do not remember a North Georgia winter that has been this cold for quite a while. Not only have we experienced cold temperatures,...
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Dear Frogtown Citizen: Vineyard Update In my February 12, 2014 Winemaker Notes, I reported a very cold winter and “Frogtown has experienced single digit temperatures, so vine death and bud necrosis is...
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Dear Frogtown Citizen: 2014 Critics Challenge International Results I have copied the following from the introductory comments by Robert Whitley on the results from the 2014 Critics Challenge: “There...
View ArticleDecember ’14 WINEMAKER NOTES
Dear Frogtown Citizen: What is happening in Georgia? The vineyard. Cydney’s Grandmother, Lee, always said it is “good to complain because you never know who might be listening.” In my Notes of...
View ArticleFebruary ’15, Winemaker Notes
Dear Frogtown Citizen: The Vineyard As I am composing these Winemaker Notes, the Frogtown’s vines are covered with ice. “Ice Vine,” not Ice Wine. Ice on vines is not a problem so long as the ice does...
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The Vineyard Weather: – Rainy, rainy, rather chilly spring. – Frogtown is experiencing a traditional, long spring as I write these Notes. – Difficult farming; what else is new? – Plentiful bud break;...
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Dear Frogtown Citizen: 2015 Harvest Statistics Frogtown harvested 156 tons of fruit in 2015, selling 57 tons and retaining 99 tons for Frogtown 2015 wine production. Recent Weather Patterns of the...
View ArticleFebruary ’16 Winemaker Notes
Dear Frogtown Citizen: Just Saying I started these Notes on January 21, 2016, on my return flight to Dahlonega after ten days working at our California vineyards. I think it is appropriate to send Paso...
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