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in spring and during the fall harvest. “And, I usually work at least two Saturdays a month.”
Work and growing grapes seems analogous.
“You never get finished in a vineyard,” he said, saying it’s “like building a house. There is always more work to do.”
As winter settles across most of the county, grape growers begin to dig post holes in early January. “Early spring starts the pruning Itage and tying,” he said, adding that for 10 months out of the year, work is “pretty intensive.”
“It’s not hard to learn,” he said, explaining he teaches hired migrant workers “and we have a language barrier,” he said. There are seminars and classes that form a good preparation for vineyard beginners.
Degrees in horticulture or viticulture are not a necessity for vineyard management. Most local growers have a desire to be outside and epjoy hard work.
“They are very labor intensive,” Henry Gorfein of Washington said. His three acre Rush River Vineyard in Harris Hollow is young, expecting to yield its first crop this fall.
“It’s the kind of labor that’s not difficult,” he said, explaining unlike orchards there is no climbing. “It’s just tedious,” he said. He and his wife and business partner, Meredith, “epjoy the work. It’s very exciting really,” he added.
Both from major East Coast cities, the Gorfeins have little to no experience in the field. “I might have had a window box,” Mr. Gorfein joked of his New York City past. “But, we enjoy this. It’s a very viable alternative to large farms,” he said. As the business grows in Vir
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