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Racking off the seeds that fall out into the sediment is supposed to help reduce the harsher tannins that come from crushed or abraded seeds during the pressing process. Of course the seeds still inside grapes still provide some, but from what I have read the racking off the seeds and sediments...

This was a week and a half after they started leafing out, so several weeks ago. Many of them are dying out, as they were student grafted and not all of them were well protected through the winters, the last two having been particularly cold for the area. They are all on 101-14MGT roots, and...

There would be more...but there are not that many grapes on the vines! The potentially available grapes are Syrah(what we have already agreed on), Viogner, Grenache, Mourvedre, and Cab Sauv(maybe, unlikely). I do not drink much wine myself. Can't have the alcohol, as it is very hard on...

This year, I am able to get as much Syrah and Viogner as I would like from a friend. Depending on how the season goes, I am looking at about 100 to 120lbs of grapes. More than I've done in the past. Before, I've only done white Niagara grapes, in 30-40lb batches. I understand *most* of the...

So I took some photos a few weeks back of the University vines, in the Vinifera section. They're much more leafed out at this point. The rows are mostly empty, only the first 40 feet or so have vines planted. Zweigelt has another row to the right of the photo-That row is all 101-14Mgt.

Yep, they're dead too. I'll have to try again this winter, and try for dormant grafting.

The top growth is still there. Not like they are just dead sticks, just these buds are still either dormant or dead. I guess I could pinch the shoot tip off and see if it forces anything.

Keep meaning to post back here, keep forgetting. Looks like one of my grafts might make it. The one the cat chewed on is healed up, but not growing, and the other is healed up and not growing but looks like the better union. The plastic has fallen off both. Is there anything I can do to...

I am tempted to stop by the university again and see how Their vinefera is doing-it is in a no-spray block this year. The Villard, chamborcin, and Frontenac are all doing very well over there, and my Villard Blanc here is doing OK-ish.

Another syrah field graft dead. Cat got at it and chewed the grafting tape off, wallered it right out of the pot. Both Syrah rootings and the Cab Sauv rooting dried up and died back. 2 Villard Blanc are OK. 1 is struggling in the heat. Unfortunately, one of the nicely growing cuttings has lost...

Well these grafts didn't get much if a chance. The day after grafting, the weather turned off cold and it's been in the 50s all week. Supposed to warm up again Thursday, but a week in the 50s after being grafted in 80 degree weather can't help things.

Yeah, have read about using it. I'll give it a go sometime.

Tried again on the grafting. The bark slipped much easier this time, I thought I was doing it right last time but maybe I was just too early. Cutting the bud seats in the fence row rootings was easier, they cut flatter and straighter and the wood chip just fell out of the bark. The Syrah...

Well, both field grafts failed. Went out today and could see a gap between the chip buds and the rootstock. After looking closer at the rootstock from Novavine, I can see why-the grafting cut matched up very nicely but zero callusing happened. The vine is growing, so I guess I've spent my...

Probably not going to do much this year, living in a wet bucket. Monsoon rains every three or four days again this spring. I hate the years it does this. Rain all weekend and part of the week, then 90% humidity and 85f the rest of the week. Shuts down any kind of growing anything until June.

Things are going pretty OK here lately-if the stupid cats would stop walking along the fencerow and breaking off the new growth on the fencerow grapes. The current surviving count is: 1 Cabernet Sauvingon 3 Syrah 3 Villard Blanc 1 Mars 1 Reliance 1 3309C 1 3309C with Syrah grafted bud-bud is...

As the title says, anyone interested in a Vine cutting swap this year? Nothing is likely to be certified, so no joy for California, Oregon, or Washington, but for the rest of us, I don't see why a few cuttings would hurt. I will have Syrah, Villard Blanc, and some table grapes, and possibly...

Well we're gonna see who's got roots and who doesn't. I was able to see some roots out the bottom of the containers in some of the pots, but not most. So, I dosed them with Dyna-Gro 9-3-6. They'll break dormancy and grow green if they've got roots.

Here's an update on the cuttings: These two have been leafed out like this for a week-ish, leaves are covered in dense white hairs. This is the fencerow vine. This Syrah cutting had a nice leaf on there, but it rotted off because it was up against the bag in the peat moss. It's budding out a...

I figure if it hasn't done anything by June, I'll have a closer look. Might need more water, but seems more like its either in root growing mode or just a stick in a bucket. If its still just a stick at the end of June, I'll make a decision then on replanting.