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Zinfandel has sized up. Brix=21 Harvest season is right around the corner!!!! I am new to growing Zin and the berries are huge...

We finished picking and destemming our Frontenac. We have only 1 vine. 8lbs of berries are now in freezer waiting for the rest of our...

My Cab Sauv and Merlot are all between 22 and 26 brix now. I plan to harvest on Sunday, Sept 8. Two hot days are coming this week which...

We decided to buy fresh grapes from https://www.baywinebrokers.com/shop/ We need practice before our vines start producing enough for...

I am also buying most of my vines from Double A. On year one buy juice, then maybe buy frozen must on year 2, and on year 3 buy fresh...

This is so great! I also cant wait to grow my own grapes and make wine from them. I didn't realize you could buy juice from Double A...

Already harvesting our Frontenac. It grows about 3 feet away from the Southern wall of our house. Wery hot and dry spot. It tastes...

My Frontenac has small berries too and wasps love how they taste! They even decided to build a new nest there which I found and...

Weird harvest year. I got about half yield from the last 6 year average. Super small berries on my Aromella and lots of sunburn and...

I ended up picking the Baco Noir on Saturday. It took 6 years for the birds to find my grapes but they found them and told all their...

My Eastern Concord is still very green, and berries are small (Utah, close to Salt Lake City). I have a single vine of it. But my...

What a difference a year makes. Last year I had beautiful clusters, and a bunch of crows kept the birds away. And no insect invasion...

It’s not going to be October this year… Concords in the lower Hudson valley.

my brix is about 15-18 so I'm on schedule for mid september. the acid level is what determines picking tho. I go thru the vineyard every...

In Lodi, the Petite Syrah is at 22 and Zin is at 23 Brix. I’m guessing 2nd week of Sept.