Indie Vineyard

Vlog — six-month field notes

A rough timeline — first film in ~14 days, then every few weeks, across about six months.

  1. 01 in about 14 days
  2. 02 in about 3 weeks
  3. 03 around month 2–3
  4. 04 around month 4–5
  5. 05 by about 6 months

Episode 01

in about 14 days

Cleaning the grass

Cutting back what grew wild for years — opening the rows so we can walk, see, and work the vines again.

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Cleaning the grass

due in about 14 days

Episode 02

in about 3 weeks

Picking the vines

One last harvest by hand. The grapes are strange and honest — sick, still edible, and almost unsprayed.

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Picking the vines

due in about 3 weeks

Episode 03

around month 2–3

Racking the wine

Pretakanje — moving the wine from one vessel to another, leaving the sediment behind so it can settle clean.

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Racking the wine

due around month 2–3

Episode 04

around month 4–5

Filling the bottles

Ten bottles only. Each one gets a name on the label — the last pour from this hillside.

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Filling the bottles

due around month 4–5

Episode 05

by about 6 months

Packing & shipping

Wrapped, labeled, and sent to the people who funded the rescue — then the sick vines come out.

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Packing & shipping

due by about 6 months

six months, five films — more notes as we go…