Nick Peay, Author at Peay Vineyards https://peayvineyards.com/author/nick-peay Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:14:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Turning Water Into Wine https://peayvineyards.com/turning-water-into-wine Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:14:10 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=5000 2024 NP Article_Water into Wine

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]]> How and Why we Farm the Way We Do: A Non-Manifesto Manifesto https://peayvineyards.com/how-and-why-we-farm-the-way-we-do-a-non-manifesto-manifesto Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:59:17 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=4840 Manifesto_NP Final_Fall 2022

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]]> Musings From My Tractor, Part II https://peayvineyards.com/musings-from-my-tractor-part-ii Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:34:19 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=4150 Despite all the turmoil the pandemic created in our personal lives, I’m still out here plugging away at the disinterested vines. Being essential workers, me and my crew kept to ourselves, our “pod,” and availed ourselves of testing (and mask wearing and hand washing), which thankfully became easier to get over time. And then came the vaccine! NP Article_Musings II_Vaccines

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]]> I Grow Grass. No, Not That Grass https://peayvineyards.com/i-grow-grass-no-not-that-grass Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:56:58 +0000 https://www.peayvineyards.com/?p=2333 As you may recall from last winter’s news stories, we received quite a bit of rain last winter. No, it was not a record-setting winter, but above average, around 78 inches through May. We even had a thorough soaking totaling seven inches over four days in the middle of May, quite a bit for so late in the spring. Our ...

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]]> The View from the Tractor https://peayvineyards.com/the-view-from-the-tractor Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:41:23 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=2234 As you turn the page and your eyes alight upon the grape grower’s article, you probably expect musings on the pending harvest; envisioning misty mornings, yellowing leaves, heaping mounds of glistening clusters in quarter ton bins. Instead, I want to share with you what it is like to get my Big Spring Chore out of the way. That chore is ...

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]]> Musings on Micro-Climates: A Break From NPR https://peayvineyards.com/musings-on-micro-climates-a-break-from-npr Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:59:49 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=2113 Does your car tell you the outside temperature? This is not a new technology – I have a 1994 Lexus that can do that – but it is more widespread now, maybe universal. How important is it to know the exact temperature outside? For a farmer, a couple degrees make a big difference as it all adds up over the ...

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]]> Sailing Past Scylla and Charybdis https://peayvineyards.com/sailing-past-scylla-and-charybdis Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:29:20 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=1856 Andy and I heeded the call of wine fresh out of college. We struck out to make our way in the world of business with our own little passionate, entrepreneurial enterprise. We were not alone. The magic, the rapture, the spell that beautiful, sumptuous wine casts has lured many. Over the past ten years we have received visitors with entrepreneurial ...

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]]> A Case for a Case of Chardonnay https://peayvineyards.com/a-case-for-a-case-of-chardonnay Fri, 28 Aug 2015 03:50:01 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=1641 As the Wine Institute reported in 2011, “Chardonnay far and away remains the most popular wine in the U.S. and has continued to be the leading varietal wine for the last decade.” It occupies that middle ground of the wine palate, less weighty than the white wines of the Rhône, such as Grenache Blanc or Marsanne, but more substantive than ...

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]]> Older is Better https://peayvineyards.com/older-is-better Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:28:01 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=1382 I’m writing this column to urge you, nay, to implore you, to create a little space in your life for aging your wines. And in my experience, it’s really not that difficult. You can do it, I know you can. I’ve done it in some pretty challenging circumstances. Here’s what you need to know.

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]]> Water Sommeliers: The Next Big Trend? https://peayvineyards.com/water-sommeliers-the-next-big-trend Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:47:53 +0000 https://peayvineyards.com/?p=1229 I read the title above this morning in The Daily Meal (All Things Food and Drink) and had a good chuckle. Apparently, the author was talking about more than just whether you’d like still or sparkling. His bottom line was that the establishments that are employing a water sommelier or training their servers/sommeliers on their extensive offerings of water options are attempting to improve the quality of the experience for you, their customers, in a meaningful way. Uh, sure, I guess?

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