Torin - Day Trail Wines
@daytrailwines.bsky.social
Growing hybrid wine grapes in SE Arizona. I'm here to share my learning journey in winemaking and grapevine tissue culture, as well as share stories and wildlife photos from the vineyard.
All views and opinions are my own
All views and opinions are my own
600 hybrid wine grapes & 75 apple trees planted last weekend. Thank you friends for lending a hand! Couldn't have done it without ya.
April 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
600 hybrid wine grapes & 75 apple trees planted last weekend. Thank you friends for lending a hand! Couldn't have done it without ya.
Final tote. Single node cuttings of wild grapevines with a few graft attempts - Shiraz on this set. Little bit every day...
March 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Final tote. Single node cuttings of wild grapevines with a few graft attempts - Shiraz on this set. Little bit every day...
Time to attempt propagation on the grafted cuttings I've been working on this week.
March 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Time to attempt propagation on the grafted cuttings I've been working on this week.
Apricot grafting
March 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Apricot grafting
Nebbiolo grafts from the other day - I decided to pot them individually
March 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Nebbiolo grafts from the other day - I decided to pot them individually
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Canada's retaliatory tariffs will hit the US wine industry harder than beer & spirits. Not only is the value of US wine exports to Canada higher than that of beer & spirits combined, wine industry exports are also more dependent on Canada: 34% of U.S wine exports go to Canada (beer 11%, spirits 10%)
March 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Canada's retaliatory tariffs will hit the US wine industry harder than beer & spirits. Not only is the value of US wine exports to Canada higher than that of beer & spirits combined, wine industry exports are also more dependent on Canada: 34% of U.S wine exports go to Canada (beer 11%, spirits 10%)
Grafting Nebbiolo onto 1103P rootstock cuttings
March 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Grafting Nebbiolo onto 1103P rootstock cuttings
Our neighbor (generously!) came over today with his tractor to help us do a shallow rip on the new field. We're ripping perpendicular to the flow of rainwater as an attempt to improve infiltration.
February 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Our neighbor (generously!) came over today with his tractor to help us do a shallow rip on the new field. We're ripping perpendicular to the flow of rainwater as an attempt to improve infiltration.
Bye bye, Threads & IG. Bye bye brain rot...
January 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bye bye, Threads & IG. Bye bye brain rot...
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Today’s Bonus Cartoon, by Jimmy Craig. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today’s Bonus Cartoon, by Jimmy Craig. #NewYorkerCartoons
What size wineries are represented in these data? Also curious what are the production volumes of the smallest and largest wineries in the sample? @wineecon.bsky.social
Important to know but little known.
Starting in 2021, the producer price index for U.S. wineries has surged, while the consumer wine price index has grown only moderately—leaving behind a large and growing gap.
Starting in 2021, the producer price index for U.S. wineries has surged, while the consumer wine price index has grown only moderately—leaving behind a large and growing gap.
January 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What size wineries are represented in these data? Also curious what are the production volumes of the smallest and largest wineries in the sample? @wineecon.bsky.social
I decided to clean and organize my seed storage this afternoon - great feeling to have this done. Everything is nicely packed away and I have a good idea of what's here. I just ordered quite a few seeds, too. Really looking forward to spring.
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I decided to clean and organize my seed storage this afternoon - great feeling to have this done. Everything is nicely packed away and I have a good idea of what's here. I just ordered quite a few seeds, too. Really looking forward to spring.
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A new issue of the JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS is out. wine-economics.org/jwe_issue/jw...
January 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A new issue of the JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS is out. wine-economics.org/jwe_issue/jw...
Tell me that's not a perfect smore...
January 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Tell me that's not a perfect smore...
Winds today in Pearce, Arizona
January 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Winds today in Pearce, Arizona
Dry and windy day at the farm. We received a red flag fire warning this morning in our area so I have been clearing up some brush around the house. I feel a huge relief that the vineyard fence is finally complete and am glad to have the flexibility now to catch up on this landscaping work.
January 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dry and windy day at the farm. We received a red flag fire warning this morning in our area so I have been clearing up some brush around the house. I feel a huge relief that the vineyard fence is finally complete and am glad to have the flexibility now to catch up on this landscaping work.
This is what happens when the tissue culture media finally dries up.. This wild vitis arizonica grapevine was initiated in May 2024. Maybe I'll leave it for another year just for fun.
January 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is what happens when the tissue culture media finally dries up.. This wild vitis arizonica grapevine was initiated in May 2024. Maybe I'll leave it for another year just for fun.
Biggest challenge so far in our first year of small scale winemaking: Barrel headspace but no wine from last year for topping. The solution here was to rack the remaining wine out into SS tanks and carboys. I would prefer to leave it in the barrel, but it isn't worth the risk of oxidation IMO.
January 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Biggest challenge so far in our first year of small scale winemaking: Barrel headspace but no wine from last year for topping. The solution here was to rack the remaining wine out into SS tanks and carboys. I would prefer to leave it in the barrel, but it isn't worth the risk of oxidation IMO.
CHRIS!! Thank you for helping me knock out the last of this fencing last weekend. No project is too big when you have helpful & reliable friends like this guy. 💚🍷🐇
January 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
CHRIS!! Thank you for helping me knock out the last of this fencing last weekend. No project is too big when you have helpful & reliable friends like this guy. 💚🍷🐇