{"id":17518,"date":"2018-06-30T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/?p=17518"},"modified":"2018-06-30T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T19:44:24","slug":"morgan-creek-vineyard-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/morgan-creek-vineyard-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Creek Vineyard Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tour of Morgan Creek Vineyards\u00a0was a great way for Chilton County Master Gardeners to spend a hot summer day on Friday, June 29th. \u00a0The family-owned winery located in Harpersville, Alabama specializes in muscadine and fruit wines that range from dry to sweet. Charles Brammer, Jr, son of owners Charles Brammer, Sr and Mary Brammer, explained the process of making wine from harvest through bottling. He told us of the few insect problems and how they are controlled. Although they purchase most fruit from large growers they do have muscadine vines and blueberries on the property. Following our tour our gracious hostesses served samples of eleven wines — dry, semi-sweet sweet and fruit.<\/p>\n

After the tasting several members went to Trisha Williams\u2019 with their sack lunches and toured her garden. Trisha and her husband, Jackie, have a beautiful backyard with many large old trees, flower beds full of daylilies and other perennials, raised beds full of asparagus, and a vegetable garden with pole beans, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and much more. Thank you, Trisha, \u00a0for providing us with a cool porch, ice tea, and your Heavenly Cake dessert after our tours!<\/p>\n