Looks like a really clean batch of fruit should make some great wine
Maybe this will help ; )I don’t understand the reason for the low ripeness of your grapes. You have approximately the same number of GDD as by me. Are you getting full sun during the day? A cluster of grapes needs only 15 healthy leaves on the cane to achieve ripeness. It is an incredibly small number and is why the French can get by hedging their vines.
Final harvest is Montepulciano - 2 tons in a group buy from Amador. I have been trying to source that varietal for 20 years so really looking forward to it.Who's harvesting? What are you harvesting? Pictures welcome!
We're getting close. I think I'll pick my baco noir Monday.
I'd like to leave them a little longer but have to be out of town for work from Wednesday to Wednesday, then leave for a wedding. So it's this Monday or Monday the 15th and by then I think the tempranillos will be ready.
Sadly, the birds have finally found my grapes. Previous years birds only hit the vines in October as they migrated through. So far it's not too bad but as they learn it'll just get worse. Next year I may have to get netting.
Who's harvesting? What are you harvesting? Pictures welcome!
We're getting close. I think I'll pick my baco noir Monday.
I'd like to leave them a little longer but have to be out of town for work from Wednesday to Wednesday, then leave for a wedding. So it's this Monday or Monday the 15th and by then I think the tempranillos will be ready.
Sadly, the birds have finally found my grapes. Previous years birds only hit the vines in October as they migrated through. So far it's not too bad but as they learn it'll just get worse. Next year I may have to get netting.
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