Denver Urban Homesteading, in collaboration with
Infinite Monkey Theorem
Winery, announces a Community Wine Project.
April 2010 Group selects approximately 3 varieties of wine
grapes for Front Range climate and soil conditions
MAY 2010 Individuals plant as many/few vines as they
can in backyards. Guerrilla planting in alleys and vacant lots encouraged.
We will purchase 2-year vines that will bear fruit in 2011.
SEP/OCT 2011 or 2012 The group coordinates harvesting and
delivery to Infinite Monkey Theorem Winery three blocks away for conversion into
wine.
NOV 2011 or 2012 Begin enjoying own wine with family and
friends. You get back what you put in. We have to pay the winery,
but if volunteer-farmers do all the other work there may be few or no other
costs.
2012 - Forever Project continues. New wine
community is born and lives in perpetuity in Denver.
(If the project is unsuccessful, the participants will
at least have new grapes in their yards and will have made new friends
during the course of the project.)
UPDATE! We have selected
the grape varieties this April 2010.
For WHITE wine we have selected both Prairie Star and
Louise Swenson grapes. We will pair them to make one kind of wine.
For
RED wine we have selected growing Leon Millot, a red
grape. We are ordering them from
Double A Vineyards,
www.rakgrape.com
You can join the project simply by
planting and raising one or more of these grapes. And if you want to be on
the mailing list send a note to
james@denverurbanhomesteading.com We anticipate
having a meeting in the fall of 2010 to keep in touch.
DENVER
URBAN
HOMESTEADING
INDOOR
FARMERS' MARKET IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY FROM 9-2; regular market now open Wed,
Thur, Fri 1-6. Ranch Foods specials every hour
during market Saturday, July 31. Get discounts on beef, chicken raised
without hormones or antibiotics.
