TRENCH FOR OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM

On august 25 we started laying the foundation for the tubes of our artificial irrigation system. 5000 meters of soil will be trenched at the end of each vineyard road.

40 % WOOD SUPPORT COMPLETED-END AUGUST

After 4 weeks of work we have inserted 8.000 sticks in 10 hectares of the property

RUNNING WATER !!!

Finally we got water out from the well after our first pumping tests and it seems to be good one! We had already 100.000 liters running water by Friday noon and we brought the first sample to analyse in the laboratories to get the technical specs.

WOOD SUPPORT FOR VINEYARD

After 3 weeks we have completed 20 % of the total wood stick set up on the NW side of our property

OUR FIRST ASADO

As part of the work was finalised we had our first home made asado together with our agronomist, topographer and workers supervisor.

WOOD SUPPORT FOR VINEYARD

We have now selected 2500 "algarrobo negro" sticks, which have been placed on the northern part of the property, which makes approx. 15 % of the total planned. 12-18 peolpe work six days/week in selecting the sticks, cutting them to the appropiate size and transporting them to the whole, which is made with the help of a tractor. A worker makes then sure that the sand is filled and all sticks remain stable in the soil.

TUBING OUR WATER WELL

After we defined the required profile for our well, we started tubing on Monday, august 7 until we had our desired 201 meters depth

SOIL LEVELING FINALISED

After almost 6 weeks we finished with the soil preparation works. We had to pass the tractor twice through the property to end the final rake

STARTING WITH VINEYARD STRUCTURE

After completing almost all soil-preparation work, we have initiated the next important phase in our vineyard set up.
We bought 25.000 Algarobo Negro Woodsticks of 10 cms of diameter, which will be placed within the next 2 months on a surface of almost 30 hectares by a dozen of local workers.

The first important job was to get the wood to our property, then we cut the sticks to the appropiate size layed them according to our master plan and began to place them accordingly.