The instructor and students from the Ningxia University wine program in China scouted the vineyards this morning for pests, diseases and other problems. We found many different things including sour rot with spotted wing drosophila, Grapevine Vein Clearing Virus, phylloxera, Japanese beetle, downy mildew as well as two other rots that we tentatively think are ripe rot and … [Read more...] about Ningxia scouting party
Archives for August 21, 2014
The results of the juice analysis for the berry sample collected early afternoon today is as follows: 21-Aug-14 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Delaware M 23.2 3.23 0.732 Seyval Blanc R 23.2 3.36 0.762 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry