With the rootstock settled into its new home on a mountain side, we grafted cabernet franc budwood last week, adding a new block to one of our favorite vineyard sites. Here are some photos from grafting:
Grafting
Category: Summer
Summer morning in the vineyard
Good morning! Balloon sighting in the vineyard:
Ripening grapes
The nets are up and we’ve done a second pass with the weed whacker as the grapes ripen in the vineyard. Photos from this past week:
Photos from the Vineyard this past week
We’re starting to see the first signs of verasion, as the grapes ripen and begin to turn color.
Hedging work:
Growing Grapes and Next Generation
Here are a few photos of the grapes growing beautifully in the vineyard and one of our little ones inspecting grapes.
Growing Grapes!
Photos from last week in the vineyard:
Heat Advisory until Thurs 6/22, 9pm
Here is a link to the heat advisory issued today by the National Weather Service for the North Bay area through Thursday evening.
“A Heat Advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is
expected. The hot weather will create a situation in which heat
illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids…stay in an air-
conditioned room…stay out of the sun…and check up on
relatives and neighbors. Avoid leaving pets or family members in
hot cars.”
Fruit set
With fruit set in the vineyard, and a few unexpected rains, we’re keeping a close eye on the fruit, trimming the tops, and finishing second pass of suckering.
In the vineyard: weed whacking
A little color in the vineyard
Verasion has started in the vineyard, the red varietals are ripening and turning green to red.
