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What we do
Do you long to be amongst the vines of your favorite wine country destination? Do you dream of being part of the wine industry? CK Vines brings wine country lifestyle to your own backyard by providing sustainable, income-producing, view enhancing landscaping for homeowners.
CK Vines provides installation and maintenance of backyard vineyards
for homeowners in the Santa Cruz Mountains and near San Jose,
California. From determining the best grape variety, irrigation
system and vine trellising for your site to planting and maintaining
your new vineyard, CK Vines manages the entire process. During
the vines' growing season, the CK Vines team cares for your
vineyard and ensures that the vines produce the best grapes
possible. And when it's time to harvest, the vineyard team determines
the optimum time to pick the grapes for you. There's no guess
work for the homeowner.
When the young vineyard begins to produce quality fruit, the grapes are purchased from the homeowner for use in Clos LaChance wines. CK Vines is not just a landscaping company. Aspects such as pruning and trellising have special techniques that take years to master. Surprisingly, seemingly insignificant alterations in vine maintenance can affect the characteristics of the fruit. Because Clos LaChance Wines purchases the fruit produced by CK Vines' vineyards, we are highly motivated to take the best possible care of our clients' vines and fruit.
In June 2005, Clos LaChance Wines will release its first vineyard-designated
wine from one of the CK Vines partnerships-the Krause Vineyard
Pinot Noir. Bill Krause's vineyard, located in Los Altos, was
planted in 1998. The vineyard covers 1.75 acres with 1,500 Pinot
Noir vines.
Currently, CK Vines manages vineyards on 20 properties with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah grapes in the Santa Cruz Mountians and Central Coast. See some of our current clients.
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