Here are a few things we overheard this children say over the past two days. -"I'm A-Hoo-Chick to bees, but if they're in the glass, I'm ok." -"Where's the King bee?"  "Are there Princesses too?" -"Wanna hear somethin' funny? My name's Bee" -"I just can't do this anymore"  a little girl referring to sitting on hay bales in a little skirt. -While holding up two … [Read more...] about Kids are SO funny…

These are Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon plants that we use for research purposes. pH Brix TA Norton 2.85 18.2 1.946 Cabernet 3.19 18.8 1.049 Interestingly, we also have a number of very small plants grown from seeds from a Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon cross where the sugar levels are mostly higher than either of the parents. I can not do any other juice chemistry on them at … [Read more...] about Some more juice chemistry

Here are the juice analyses results (Brix or sugar, pH and TA or acid) for berry samples collected Monday, August 24. Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin bc 20.1 3.10 1.096 Chambourcin gdc 19.6 3.09 1.087 Vignoles - North Vineyard 21.4 3.10 1.440 Vignoles - Research Block 23.5 3.22 1.136 Traminette … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry