Happy New Year!

Even though Ed and I were apart for Christmas, we spent a nice and quite New Year's Eve together.  I went to MO to visit two of my sisters and their families and my Mom and Ted came up from TX also.  I turned the big 50 on Christmas Eve and my family went all out.  Starting with a champagne brunch, then Mom and Ted took all of us out to dinner before Christmas Eve service.

Mom and Ted followed me back to Nebraska and they stayed with another one of my sisters and her family in Norfolk for several days before heading back to TX.

On a sad note, one of our cats, Mahatma, passed away on New Year's Eve.  She was nearly 18 years old and had a good life.  She's in heaven now with her sisters Lefty and Miss  Right.

Cuthills Vineyards is closed through February 3rd, however if you would like to pick up some wine, please give us a call at 402-329-6774 to set up an appointment.

Have a safe and healthy New Year!

Welcome Autumn!

Loving this fall weather!  The leaves have finally fallen off the grapevines, but we are having some beautiful days....can't believe it's November and we're having this kind of weather.

Ed is busy making wine from the 2010 harvest.  With the poor weather this year....heavy snow, too much rain, hail...we didn't have as good of crop as we usually do.  We won't be able to make a Prairie Red and we'll no longer make the Harvest White.  We're trying to cut down on the number of wines we make especially since we have so many semi-sweet wines.

Ed is working very hard on his hybrid grapes and hopes to release a commercial wine from one or two of them in the next couple of years.

So far the Lot #1 Field Blend looks really good for 2010....very fruity and smooth.

The 2009 Temparia is almost sold out and the 2009 Lot #1 Field Blend is also getting low, these are some of your favorites, you may want to purchase them now before they are gone.

Furry friends come in all sizes.

Enjoying Fall Weather

We finished harvest a month ago and the wines are fermenting.  Ed is busy everyday with the wines and also making a few small experimental batches with some of his hybrids.

We sold out of the Harvest White which we will no longer be making and we only have a few bottles of the Indulgence left, but will have more ready to bottle next year.

J's Steakhouse and Wine Bar, a new restaurant in downtown Norfolk is now carrying our Poet's White, so if you stop in for lunch or dinner, be sure to ask for a glass or bottle of it.

Hope you are enjoying the nice long fall weather....we are, as well as are our cats.

Max napping on a wine barrel outside

Itsy Bitsy rolling around in the cool grass

Chai hunting grasshoppers

Cooper just up from a nap, not sure what to do next..ahhh the life of a cat

Zeke and Jake giving each other kisses.  They are inseparable.

Harvest

We harvested the Marechal Foch vineyard last Saturday.  Tomorrow the Petite Amie will be harvested and this coming Saturday we'll harvest the LaCrosse.  The crops are small this year because of the damage from the snow, hail and too much rain.  This has been the worst year for weather we've had in 27 years of growing grapes.

We'll be bottling some of the 2010 wines around Thanksgiving.

We had our last concert of the year in August.  The Kris Lager Band was great and we had a lot of fun.

I made a quick trip to Kansas City a week ago.  My Mom and her husband Ted were up from TX visiting. I have two sisters who live in KC and Leavenworth and my nephew Quinton from Leavenworth was just diagnosed with Acute Lyphoblastic Leukemia June 22nd.  He's on a new cocktail of chemo and meds and has put on some weight and is looking better.  We pray we get a good report around December or January. If so, they'll consider him in "remission" and he'll be on chemo for another 3 years.

Ed has been ultra busy as usual in the vineyards and now processing grapes and making the wine, so he's not able to go too far away.

You may see a new face at Cuthills Vineyards every so often.  This year Beth Noelle Sindelar (she goes by Beth or Noelle) from Pierce has been working the tasting room when I need to be gone and has been a tremendous help.  Noelle knows a lot about Cuthills Vineyards wines and wines in general.  She will also be taking classes towards becoming a certified sommelier.

Grapevine Concert July 24th

We'll be releasing our 2009 Country Red, 2009 Prairie Red, 2009 Brianna and 2009 Willow Blush.  Feel free to bring chairs and a picnic.  Purchase your tickets here!

Our Spring and Summer So Far

I've been practically living out of a suitcase since May.  Starting with the Nebraska Jazz and Wine Festival in Kearney, then the brochure swap in Hastings, two graduations in May, then the Cattleman's Ball in Kearney the beginning of June and a winery marketing workshop in Lexington mid June.  I think I'm home for awhile....whew!

Ed has been busy in the vineyards.  The vineyards had a lot of damage from the heavy snow, then about 1 1/2 months ago we had hail for 2 hours straight and 4 inches of rain.  The vineyards are coming out of that, but we sure don't need all the rain we've been getting the last few weeks.  Two weeks ago we had over 8 1/2 inches of rain in less than 4 days and flooding in a lot of towns around us.  Good thing we're on a hill.

Nebraska Jazz & Wine Festival May 7th & 8th

Hi to all our friends and customers in the Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island area! I'll be at the Nebraska Jazz and Wine Festival in Kearney this coming Friday from 5 pm-11 pm and Saturday from 3 pm - 11 pm. Come and enjoy Nebraska wine!