News & Upcoming Events
Happy Spring from Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard!
Happy Spring to all lovers of Peace, Charity, Grapes and Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard! We have started pruning and although we see some remaining damage from the Winter of 2013-14, our vines are generally healthy and ready to grow. We officially have a full vineyard! With about 1,650 vines; 1,200 of which are going to [...]
Read MoreTime to Rest After an Exciting Year
After one exciting year, our vineyard is resting. In 2014 we suffered a COLD bud-damaging Winter, followed by lots of work all Summer long finally leading to a quantity-poor but fun-rich Harvest – we had a great time! The vineyard is now fully planted, so no planting in June this year, however you are all [...]
Read MoreA Small but Fruitful Harvest – September 27th, 2014
Our September 27th harvest was a little bit different than previous years. Due to a record cold winter we suffered an 80-90% reduction in our grape harvest for 2014, delivering only 898 pounds to our winery. This resulted in only a gross income of $630. Of which we will donate our charities. The good news [...]
Read MoreIts That Time of Year! Upcoming Fall Harvest
Our grapes are ripening nicely, we can announce that our fall harvest event will be Saturday, September 27. We will start at 11:00 A.M. and expect things to go very quickly. Our vines (and almost every vineyard in Minnesota and Wisconsin) suffered significant damage to the “primary buds” due to the very cold Winter and [...]
Read MoreAnother Successful – and LAST Planting!
Summer has arrived here at Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard. Our newly planted Prairie Star vines are healthy and sprouting out of their grow tubes. Our young and mature Marquette vines are also very healthy and we should have a good crop in the fall of 2014. Our estimated harvest date will be Sept 27 or [...]
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