Morning Ya'll,
Well, it is a wet morning and looking like it will be a pretty wet day. This past week was a pretty busy one on the farm. Wojtek was pretty busy with his guys planting vineyards. I was unable to get photos, but there is still some more planting ahead. However, things are on hold with this latest batch of rain.
The guys in the vineyard have begun disbudding. When we have bud break each vine will produce more buds than we ideally want. Each bud as it breaks will form a shoot. Each shoot has the potential of forming clusters. However, we will remove buds to reduce the amount of fruit the vine may produce. Disbudding as we call it means simply removing the tender emerging buds that we do not desire.
Which ones are these? Well, we do not want overcrowding so if we have two buds coming from a similar place we will select the healthier one. Also, we prefer buds that are growing on the top portion of the cane versus one that is growing from the bottom. We also will remove any buds that are growing on the lower portion of the trunk these we call suckers.
We have a bunch of new wine releases coming soon. We should see the new Chardonnay being released this weekend. The new Gewurtz should be released very soon. Viognier is also following closely behind those two releases. We have released the new 2007 Pinot Grigio to great response. It seems that the staff is really enjoying the P.G. as well as our customers!
Yesterday, Ben and I were able to taste some of the 2007 wines with Lenn Thompson. Lenn writes for his blog Lenndevours.com, Dan's Papers, Edible East End and other various periodicals. It was the first opportunity I had to taste with a wine critic and I felt like it went very well.
Lastly, I want to mention that next Wednesday, May 14th is Brooklyn Uncorked. This is a great event for Long Island wineries hosted by Edible Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Market is a great one that shows great potential. The people are "thirsty" to learn about there local wine region.
Also, next Friday, May 16th we will be doing a wine dinner at Morton's Steakhouse in Great Neck! On June 1st we will be doing a wine dinner with North Fork Table and Inn. Today, I will be meeting with the folks at Gemellis in Babylon about setting up a wine dinner possibly for June 2nd. These will all be great opportunities for our customers to enjoy an evening of great foods and great Martha Clara wines.
I will be sending some photos in the next day or so showing some of the growth in the vineyard. Till next time drink what you like and like what you drink!
Cheers,
Juan
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