Juniper Ridge Vineyard - JRV

Juniper Ridge Vineyard - JRV Juniper Ridge Vineyard is a licensed Farm Winery focusing on creating wines from Cold Hardy Grapes, Honey (Mead) and Apples.

We are bottle sales only and do not have a tasting room. We are open for Saturday bottle sales.

The beauty of Marquette grapes. They are strongly suggesting they want to be picked Sunday September 6.
09/02/2026

The beauty of Marquette grapes. They are strongly suggesting they want to be picked Sunday September 6.

This weather is pushing the Marquette numbers along. What numbers are we looking for?pH range of 2.95 to 3.2Brix range o...
09/02/2026

This weather is pushing the Marquette numbers along. What numbers are we looking for?

pH range of 2.95 to 3.2
Brix range of 23-26 °

As Brix numbers (sugars) climb, the pH should climb. Not in tandem. Sometimes sugars can sky rocket past 27 and the pH won't budge. Then they start to become overripe and icky. The wickedness of growing grapes (any type of farming really) definitely tests a person's ability to meet a challenge or persevere. Might be harvesting September 6 or 7.

09/01/2026

Mandy Chowen is multi-talented. She moves between creating paintings to teaching science to raising and harvesting raspberries that will be used in our Rudamel (raspberry mead. )

When you are in St. Paul checkout  her small works on display at JS Bean Factory in St. Paul.

To see her larger works visit
https://mandychowen.weebly.com

The many hues of our Itasca grape harvest.
08/29/2026

The many hues of our Itasca grape harvest.

08/29/2026

The 2026 Itasca Grape Harvest is in the tanks.
We are doing something different this year.
We are making 2 wines from 1 crush. A traditional Itasca Wine AND an Itasca Piquette Wine. The Piquette will be ready in 4 to 8 weeks from today which is much sooner than the Itasca Wine.

08/28/2026

Prep work has begun for Saturday's 7 am harvest of Itasca grapes. Lots of things to organize and clean.
Buckets, Razor forks, Crusher/Destemmer, Bladder press, Fermenting tanks, Verify yeast is viable, ML Bacteria, Attitude and gumption.

08/28/2026

The Bees can destroy a grape harvest in a hurry.

How do we know when to harvest Itasca Grapes? There are several parameters that go into harvest decisions.1. pH range b...
08/28/2026

How do we know when to harvest Itasca Grapes? There are several parameters that go into harvest decisions.
1. pH range between 3.04 - 3.30
2. Brix level. Between 24 - 28. This tells you what the ABV can reach.
3. Total Acidity level between 8.0 -10.5
4. Whether or not they survive the bees, birds and the weather.
The numbers will be close enough come Saturday August 29, that we will pick them otherwise the birds and the bees will claim them.

08/23/2026

Acknowledging my daughter who helped me learn saxophone back in 2017 or there abouts. I am still not talented BUT I thought I would use my limited abilities to serenade the grapes to a bountiful harvest.

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Clearwater, MN

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12pm - 4pm

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