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Barbara Shinn Barbara Shinn owns and operates Shinn Estate Vineyards in Mattituck, NY with her husband David Page. Barbara is the viticulturalist and agronomist at the estate.
The Stuff Of Dreams
Shinn Estate is in the first year of their organic certification process. Barbara Shinn shares her progress with us. June 4 Heaven…..bloom. The vines are blooming and the mixture of vine blossoms and clover blossoms smells like jasmine. This is the earliest the vines have bloomed in the history of growing wine on the North [...]
Continue reading...Shinn Estate – The Slow Flow
June 1, 2010
Shinn Estate is in the first year of their organic certification process. Barbara Shinn shares her progress with us. May 1, 2010 In the coldest days of winter I dream of the spring sun warming the tops of my feet as I walk through the vineyard. I dream of a triumphant melody playing the song [...]
Continue reading...Leprechauns in the Vineyard – A Diary of Going Organic
May 7, 2010
Shinn Estate is in their first year of obtaining their organic certification. Barbara Shinn shares her progress with us. 4/10/10 Just when I think I have figured out something about Mother Nature, she outsmarts me again and humbles me in grand fashion. It happened today on April 10 at exactly 10 am. After a week [...]
Continue reading...Shinn Estate Vineyards – The Beginning
March 19, 2010
The past few days have been filled with bothersome “tweets” on twitter and postings on Facebook from winemakers and vineyard consultants who are questioning the benefits of organic and biodynamic winegrowing. Some are calling this mode of farming a fad and others are going so far as to post video of the two clowns Penn [...]
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July 1, 2010
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