The field crew was removing some vines from the Foundation vineyard and Jeremy found a grape root borer in the bed of the pickup after they had put the vines on the brush pile. Looking at the three vines that were removed from the foundation vineyard, several borers and tunnels were evident. … [Read more...] about Grape root borer in old foundation vineyard
Right now we have harvested most of the grapes and are waiting for Chambourcin and Norton to ripen. With all of the rain, we have been battling sour rot, but since we are hand harvesting with a good crew, we can remove rot from the clusters before the grapes are taken to the winery. The wine makers are busy making room for the new wines being made and bottling wine that has … [Read more...] about Grape harvest and wine production update
The juice analysis results from the berry samples collected this morning are as follows: 24-Sep-18 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Chambourcin NF 20.4 3.48 0.788 Chambourcin W 22.0 3.29 0.788 Norton NF 20.1 3.35 0.893 … [Read more...] about Grape juice analysis
GDD base 50 accumulation for today = 3539 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L System http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf Basically, all of the stages are the same as last week, so please refer to the September 17, 2018 photos and stages. … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Here are the juice analysis results for the berry samples collected this morning. 17-Sep-18 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Catawba W 17.6 3.26 0.975 Chambourcin NF 20.0 3.40 0.818 Chambourcin W 22.1 3.25 0.814 … [Read more...] about Grape juice analysis