From the scratch

I´m really starting from the scratch. I took me some while to find out, was Stuart Pigott´s idea(read my first blog) just a line that didn´t have any real life matter. After some research I found out that there was some finish people who taught same way. Northern location should not be barrier to grow wine. It has been done every where else.

To get some base for my interest I bought some books about wine growing. Wine magazine (Viinilehti) recommended Jamie Goode´s "From vine to Glass" but better knowlegde I got from"Growing wine in Finland" by Juha Karvonen. Local knowlegde beats the author in this case.

After gathering some basic facts became reality: I needed a place where I could grow my Wine. Helps came from the city. Helsinki city rents small (100m2) garden places for citizens where they can grow vegetables etc. Why not wine? And it was cheap 33,00€ / year.

It became almoust too easy when I found that there is a company called Omenakumpu that was selling wine plants for northern atmosphere. Company is still very much testing but if they are so am I. I think this was the point when there was no return.

It is good to have basics before start but I was a bit early. I still have wait for 4-6 weeks before I can plant wine. In Finland temperature might go under zero in May and first year plants a very fragile for cold weather.

But it is a start. Sony Company started it´s business after first world war by selling buckets that where made out of cannon ammunition shells. So why me hurry?