Vintage 2019: Winter

It's time to begin the first of the Vintage Notes for 2019. This is a good thing to do to keep track of what is happening even before the growing season begins. This will be the fourth winter that I have notes for:

• Winter 2015
• Winter 2016
• Winter 2017
• Winter 2018

Last January, we had a weather event called a bomb cyclone. This year, the midwest will be experiencing a polar vortex which will bring record low temperatures on Thursday morning reaching -20 to -30 degrees! The first time that we encountered a polar vortex was the winter (2014) of the year that we planted our 6800 vines. Needless to say, young vines did not do very well when confronted with a polar vortex.

The colder temperatures are supposed to come in later this afternoon, turning much colder on Thursday. We will escape the polar vortex but there will be wind chills making temperatures dip into the negative numbers. It's time to bundle up and hunker down.
Reference:
1. WBZ CBS Boston.