Being a Boundary Breaker
Bruce MurrayA free, weekly post from Boundary Breaks Vineyard, where we make Riesling and Cabernet Franc wines in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
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#206 Look at the Leaves Before They Leave Us
Not every year are the leaves in the woods adjacent to our grapes so bright. What makes the leaves turn more colorful some years and some years not to much? A little research on this question shows that the answer is complicated. The proces...
#205 We Bring in 44 Tons Before Noon (With a Little Help from Our Friends)
Each one of these bins holds a ton of grapes. The mechanical harvester can pick four tons without stopping and hold them in an onboard hopper. When the hoppers are full, the harvester stops to unload them into a transfer wagon. The transfer...
#204 What to do With a Young Cab Franc: Try it, But First, Give it Some Air
What Makes the 2025 Cab Franc an “Exceptional Wine”
For me, “exceptional” means that it is not like all the others; it is an “exception.”
We have produced nine vintages of Cab Franc, starting in 2017.
The 2024 vintage of Cab Franc was...
#203 Harvest Rules: Measure Many Times, Pick Once
Sheldrake Point winemaker Dave Breeden makes our dry and medium-dry Gewürztraminers. Gewürz is usually one of the first varieties we pick, so we test it weekly starting in the second week of September. On Tuesday, of this past week, the che...
#202 It Began as a Conversation Five Years Ago
From left. Bill Darcy, Kees Stapel, John Swick, Harrison Darcy, Kristy Darcy and Jesse Kovnat.
In 2021, Bill and Kristy Darcy visited the Boundary Breaks, and much like I did, they saw a future here in the Finger Lakes. That led them to pu...
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