Goose Landing Vineyard

06/11/2021

Haven't posted anything on this page for quite some time. We took out half the vineyard 2 years ago but kept the other half for fun. Frost warning last night and woke up to temp of 0.1C. Looking at the vineyard this afternoon and initial estimate of 20-40% loss. Will know more in the next couple of days. Oh, and another frost warning for tonight...

09/23/2020

The time has come to face reality. We have had this vineyard for 10 years, creating it out of an old commercial lot, and transforming it into a vineyard that produced up to 6,000 pounds of grapes to be used in Nova Scotia’s iconic wine, Nova7. The time required for a little hobby vineyard is substantial so we are deciding to focus our energies on other projects.

This year’s harvest looked very promising, but the weather, and the frosts, and now the starlings, are making what we thought would be a very difficult decision somewhat easier. There will be no harvest this year, nor in future years.

A sincere thank-you to everyone who somehow participated in this fun community project. Over the years we had MANY people volunteer their time to help with our crazy little project. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

So it is with a little sadness, but mostly with immense joy and pride, that we announce our retirement from the world of grape growing.

Cheers! And thanks again,

Al & Jill
Retired farmers, but still wine drinkers

09/18/2020

On a positive note, this could be a great way to leaf-thin before harvest!

09/15/2020

Looking like a good crop again this year. We are in initial discussions with Benjamin Bridge to figure out a harvest date, but our initial thinking is the weekend of October 10th. This could be another staycation for you - pretend you’re harvesting in Italy while hanging in North River! Be a part of next year’s Nova7! Stay tuned...

06/09/2020

Phew! That was close. Another frost warning for tonight...

06/09/2020

Have to cover up the vegetable beds and annuals because of frost risk. Fingers crossed.

06/05/2020

Season 11 already. Hard to believe.

06/05/2020

Another growing season is upon us (which explains the risk of frost for this coming Monday!). Looking forward to what this season will challenge us with. We are trying a couple of different things - a grow tube to push along a couple of transplants from last year that didn’t do much, and using an existing vine to hopefully bypass the transplant phase and quickly have a thriving vine. We’ll see.

04/15/2020

The best way to isolate or practice social distancing? Prune a vineyard in the Spring...

04/10/2020

Our grapes are in it!!

02/15/2020

Save the date! Thursday April 9th the 2019 Nova 7 will be released by Benjamin Bridge!! Our grapes are all in there so you know it’s going to be good! 52 sleeps...

11/17/2019

10/13/2019

A video story on today’s harvest by the Truro News...

For Joan Gibson, a day’s work at the vineyard is her own ode to Thanksgiving – and her farming family

10/13/2019

As the saying goes “Many hands make light work!” We are so THANKFUL for all of the volunteers who managed to bring in our largest harvest to date in under 3 hours!! Special shout-out to the Truro Junior Curlers for their assistance, and young knees and backs.

10/12/2019

The rains have stopped. We are ready for tomorrow's harvest.

10/10/2019

It’s official, it’s in the paper...

The grape harvest at Goose Landing Vineyard is a go for this Sunday as forecast rainy weather has pushed it back a day. Organizers are expecting roughly 30 volunteers to come and pick grapes on the morning of Oct. 13. The grapes will be taken to

10/09/2019

We are ready for Sunday’s harvest. The bins have been delivered by Benjamin Bridge, as has the complimentary case of Nova 7 to be shared by the volunteers! The grapes are ready (just ask the swarming starlings!) to be picked commencing Sunday at 0830. This is your chance to be a part of EVERY bottle of the 2020 vintage of Nova 7!

10/09/2019

Looks like Mother Nature is forcing us to go to our rain day back up. Harvest will be on Sunday October 13th at 0830. This is Thanksgiving Sunday so hopefully everyone can still assist. Now you can build up an appetite for Thanksgiving dinner!

09/30/2019

Harvest date has been changed to Sat. Oct 12th.

Oct. 13th rain date.

09/25/2019

Planning on coming to help with the harvest on Saturday October 12th?

Let us know if we should expect you!

09/07/2019

And so it begins. End post row 4 taken by the winds. Temporary fix with help from brother-in-law Brad. Stay tuned.

09/05/2019

This could get really ugly. Hurricane Dorian still supposed to be at hurricane strength as it passes through Nova Scotia overnight Saturday. If so, it could do major damage to the vines. Frost last year, hurricane this year?

08/27/2019

A nice article in the Truro News about our vineyard.

https://www.trurodaily.com/business/north-river-vineyard-and-distillery-a-labour-of-love-343935/

Jill Linquist gazes out over her vineyard. Happy. She knows a bumper crop is on the way. Come October, an army of up to 35 volunteers will swarm Goose Landing Vineyard and pick about 6,000 lbs. of grapes, destined to become some of the best wines

08/18/2019

We have been in drought conditions for several weeks. The bees are spending more time in the birdbath than the birds are. Easy to forget that bees are also dependent on a steady supply of water.