Removing big rocks. Preparing soil for tomorrow planting

Tomorrow, I am planning to plant 5 to 10 Merlot that were released from Quarantine. Today, I remove big rocks and made the soil softer for planting. So far Ihave planted 30 Merlot. I have about 250 vines to plant. I want to plant all before they go to sleep.

View from my vineyard

We are on the hill called Godden. Beautiful inland sea view from my vineyard.

After survey, we design the site and moving earth according to the design.












Change 30 degree slope to 13 to 14 degree. final checking.














Australian viticulture friend came to my vineyard to help us.












Yes. We have 13 degree slope now. Good.

In June 2006, we started to develop a vineyard at Godden hill, Takamatsu City, Japan. Slope was 30 degree. We survey the site before we design the vineyard.












Guys are putting marks with stakes.