Exploring Bo-Teek Vineyard (Niagara Peninsula, Ontario)
No.10 | Vineyard in Focus
Every time I visit the Niagara region during the growing season, I will almost always make a detour to visit Bo-Teek Vineyard in the village of Vineland so I can check in on “my” Cabernet Franc vines. Of course, they aren’t really mine per se, but I consider myself their adopted caregiver or guardian (and I don’t think long-time friend and winemaker Brian Schmidt would take issue with me referring to these vines as mine).
On these visits, I will park my car, stroll deep into one of the rows, and take a seat on the plush grasses between the row, and then the vines and I will have a brief conversation. I’ll ask how they are faring in light of whatever Mother Nature has delivered for the vintage thus far. Sometimes I’ll tell them what I’ve been up to or ask them for advice. After being sure to give each clonal block the same amount of attention, I bid the vines adieu and be on my merry way.
This is my happy place.
Bo-Teek Vineyard was purchase…