I received a bill for the balance due on new vines to plant this Spring at my home vineyard in Good Hart, Michigan. Made me feel as if Spring can't be too far away. 12 Cabernet Franc vines will be added to the 24 Cab Francs planted in 2006. I also ordered 24 vines of a hybrid grape developed by the University of Minnesota called Marquette. The Marquette has some Pinot Noir in its parentage and was developed to ripen early and withstand extremely cold winter temperatures, so should be good for Northern Michigan. I'm leery of hybrids, but the Marquette supposedly has no "green" hybrid taste and it's hard to grow the red vitas viniferas vines in my neck of the woods. If I'm successful with the two varietes I intend to attempt a blended wine using some percentage of each.