Blog:  Ink Blots on Winestains

Entries in Vineyard (5)

Monday
Dec232019

The season we've all been waiting for:  Autumn!

If you have been following along, you may know that I've done two essays so far for Rick VanSickle's "Wines in Niagara" website, highlighting the vineyard year in Niagara. Well, it's time to post Autumn - the season we've all be waiting for - September 22 to December 21, 2019.

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Tuesday
Sep242019

Summer in the Vineyard

Now that autumn has arrived, it's time to look back at summer (June 20 - September 21, 2019). The following is from my photo essay for Rick VanSickle's "Wines in Niagara" website.

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Wednesday
Jul032019

Vineyards in Niagara 

Thanks to wine writer Rick VanSickle for asking me to create a quarterly photo essay for his "Wines in Niagara" website. First up - Spring - March 19 to June 19, 2019.

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Sunday
Nov152015

Happy at Harvest!

I've just spent another blissful afternoon photographing in the Stratus Vineyards' vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. With virtually no leaves left on the vines, the vineyard has taken on a whole new kind of beauty, different from the lush green of a few months ago. Both are so alluring, as are the many stages in between.

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Wednesday
Jan012014

2013 in white and black

As tends to happen at this time of year, I've become retrospective. Sorting through my photo files is a painstaking but enjoyable way to relive my year, and has led me to attempt to choose my favourites of the black and white images that I shot in 2013. In a fabulous travel year that took me to Argentina in April, and Switzerland, France, Germany and Holland in September, I had no shortage of photographic opportunities and inspirations.

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