Vineyard Journal
Why Are You Doing This? Part I - Introduction
My Answer When Someone Asks the "Why" Question
May 05 2022
![Boundary Breaks co-owner Bruce Murray behind the tasting bar preparing for a group tasting.](/media/uploads/2022_05/Screen-Shot-2017-03-07-at-11.12.06-AM.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
Balance 03: What A Winemaker Says About "Balance"
Dave Breeden, head winemaker at Sheldrake Point Vineyards talks about "balance."
March 09 2021
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Wine Is Not a Very Good "Alcohol-Delivery Vehicle"
Wine belongs with food. (There are better alternatives if you just want to get drunk.)
February 16 2021
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Balance 02: At or Away from Equilibrium
Do we really want to be "in balance" all the time? Might that turn out to be a little boring?
February 08 2021
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Balance 01: What is It, and Is It So Simple?
When you think about it, doesn't everything need to be in "balance?"
February 01 2021
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Who Holds The Pen?
When putting anything important down on paper, pay attention to who is holding the pen.
January 01 2021
![Emily Pellicano, Architect, of Owego, NY, designed the interior and exterior of the Boundary Breaks Tasting Room and Office while with the firm King + King Architects, of Syracuse, NY.](/media/uploads/2017_12/boundarybreaks_cf043152.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
Stained Glass in the Historical Society Headquarters
As in the great cathedrals in Europe, the stained glass windows create an ethereal light in the church.
December 01 2020
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Three Generations at the Golden Buck
The Saturday night prime rib has no equal.
November 01 2020
![Harry Mullins (lower left), his mom, Megan Mullins and his grandmother, Carolyn Chamberlain. 2012.](/media/uploads/2017_12/2012_Golden_Buck_Photo.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
What it Means to Rely on Contract Workers
Years ago, they say, you could find local residents to help. That was then. This is now.
October 01 2020
![Felix Mosqueda helped us with our new vineyard planting in 2017.](/media/uploads/2017_12/boundarybreaks_cf042536_kGfD8VE.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
Which Came First, the Apple or the Grape?
Neither. They both have been here forever.
September 01 2020
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A Business With No Signs Is a Sign of No Business
But we have to put them on someone else's property.
August 01 2020
![Al Mandigo relaxing in his man cave.](/media/uploads/2018_03/boundarybreaks_cf042456.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
We Would Always Make Friends With a Raptor
How to keep the starlings and other pests from the vineyard.
July 01 2020
![Morgan Hapeman with one of the raptors she is nursing back to health.](/media/uploads/2017_12/boundarybreaks_cf043014.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
Babette's Feast in Watkins Glen
At Graft, the meal can be transformative.
January 01 2020
![Christina McKeough, chef at Graft Restaurant, in Watkins Glen, NY. The Finger Lakes.](/media/uploads/2017_12/boundarybreaks_cf043192.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)
The Place Where Everyone Goes One Day
If you don't stop at the Big M Supermarket in Ovid, you need to drive at least another 30 minute to find a grocery store.
December 01 2019
![Glen Bedore, Meat Cutter, Big M Market, Ovid, NY](/media/uploads/2017_12/boundarybreaks_cf042651_T6YacX0.jpg.1020x816_q90_upscale.jpg)