I thought I would give you an update regarding grapes and Gordons! Fall Bright is a winemaker supply shop and a small vineyard, (Pa'tridge Run Farms) located in the cool-climate region of the Finger Lakes in central New York. My husband, Tom Mitchell, has two passions: one is wine-grapes and the other is Gordons....Gordon setters, that is. On May 7th his favorite Gordon, Queen, had a litter of pups. We have 5 males and 2 females.

The sire of this litter is DC/AFC (Dual Champion and Amateur Field Champion) Carolina’s All Hat, No Cattle “STETSON” OFA excellent.  Stetson was also NFC (National Field Champion) runner-up in 2005). He is owned by Jan and Bill Holloway (High Point Gordons) North Carolina. The Holloway's plan to add a MH (Master Hunter) title to Stetson's already impressive resume.

Queen is OFA good, PennHip 80th percentile, CERF. She is one of Tom's personal gundogs. She was sired by NFC / FC / AFC Gunsmoke Rising OFA good. Her maternal Grandsire was 4X NFC / NAFC / FC / AFC Pal Joey 4X NGSCA Gundog of the Year, OFA good. Queen is a medium sized Gordon (44 lb.) well built, extremely intelligent, very athletic, capable, intense and eager to please. Queen has a very strong people attachment and when she hits the field she becomes a bird finding dynamo. She has the potential to make the hair on the back of your neck standup when she points. She will lean into a point with tail at 12:00 and straight as a string. She is steady to point and a hunting fool. Tom wants these pups to go to people who hunt or aspire to field trial-ing.

We have 1 male pup available for sale.

In the vineyard, we are pretty in pink with leaves edged in pink and small grape clusters showing. Spring vineyard work is behind as usual . Spring work includes getting the trellis ready, replacing line and end post, tightening wires, the actual tying, "taking out", which is a hydraulic hoe that removes dirt from the base of grafted vines and spraying. There is a lot going on. After we catch up on that, there are 2400 replacement vines to get in the ground. Whew! As you have a sip of your wine, give a toast to us and all grape growers world around and enjoy.