Harvest Time at Candlewood

‘Tis the season for harvesting grapes in the Verde Valley. As you travel to the area’s many vineyards, you see that the growers are hard at work harvesting many different varieties of grapes. We planted wine grapes here at Candlewood nearly three years ago...

Autumn Anouncements

Since it has been several months since our last post on the blog there are lots of things we have done here at Candlewood Retreat. The vines have been planted since May and 7 out of 100 did not survive the summer but the others took wonderfully. There are...

Viticulture at Candlewood!

Several years ago I put in five varietal grape vines just to see how they would do. Last summer my Petite Syrah produced about 30 lbs. of grapes (which I juiced). It opened my eyes to the possibilities of making our own wine, which I’ve been wanting to do for...

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