Morning Ya'll,
Well, I again apologize for letting two weeks get away since I have last written. The business continues on the farm. The guys in the vineyard continue to do some touch up work in the vineyard with leaf pulling. In addition to leaf pulling, the hedging of the vines continues. Wojtek and his guys have been doing a great job keeping the vineyard tidy. The vines are getting there last "haircut" before we will be putting nets on the vines.
The vines have now reached veraison. Veraison is when the grapes will begin to develop sweetness and change color. Grapes intended for white wine will turn golden yellow. Gewurztraminer and Pinot Grigio develop a bit more of color. As for the grapes intended for red wine they will turn...you guessed it, red. It is actually a pretty cool time to take a walk into the vineyard because you will see some red berries amongst the green berries. If time allows take a walk into the vines just beyond the offices. It is pretty cool to see this natural process of veraison in action. I will take some photos over the weekend and send these out for all to see.
As we all know, it has been pretty wet lately. The rain is not great for us, but it is not the end of the world either. However, in the past week or so the East End saw some hail in spotty areas. In a matter of minutes several vineyards received damage due to this form of precipitation. Fortunately for ourselves we had no hail damage. Other regions of the world such as Mendoza, Argentina see powerful hail storms at the end of the growing season that literally can shred a years work in a matter of minutes. Hail is not typically a form of precipitation that we see here on Long Island, but we have seen it a couple of times this Summer.
As for the rain... we have received it just like everyone else. All of the shoot thinning, leaf pulling, hedging, etc. that we have done in the past couple of months is truly important when we are having a weather pattern such as this. Once again these canopy management techniques are critical for expediting drying of precipitation and for maximizing sun exposure.
Lastly, I would like to make myself for another vineyard walk for those staff that could not attend last week. Would a Friday evening or Saturday morning work best for most? Also, if you have any wine vineyard/questions, let me know. Talk with ya'll soon and remember: Drink what you like, like what you drink!
Cheers,
Juan.
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