Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
Wow, I'm jealous. Definitely going to have to try to find a way to stop by on the way to Moab next Easter.
There's no way I'd be able to grow my own grapes over here, but I'd love to be making some hard cider out of homemade apples. Had a buddy who said he thought he knew someone who'd let us come pick and press a ton, but I guess it didn't work out, since I never heard back.

That would be great, and you might get lucky because I try to do bottling in April and May. There is a cider plant nearby where I can buy unpasteurized apple juice by the barrel, and it's easier than using my own apple mill and press. A few years ago I made apple wines from a 55 gal. barrel of juice. This evening we opened one of the last bottles of 2009 Cranberry Apple wine. Still very good....

I'm not growing wine grapes now but I source them from several western Colorado vineyards, some free for the picking, some in trade for the wine I make, and some I buy. I'll get about 1000 lbs. of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc this week. 2015 should be a great year for wine in CO, maybe as good as 2012.