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Monday, May 10, 2021

Vintage 2021: Annual Cycle of Growth

We have been keeping information regarding our annual cycle of growth since 2015. In that year and in 2016, we only harvested Chenin Blanc but since 2017 we have seen our other varieties come to fruition at harvest until last year when we had our first crop of Barbera.
Here is a tabular recap of our annual cycle of growth 2015-2020:
Keeping track of the annual cycle of growth shows us trend lines and helps us to anticipate when certain major events in the life of a grape vine is likely to occur. It tells us that the Chardonnay and the Barbera are the first to bud break and the Cabernet Sauvignon is the last. More data points will help us in the future.
This year's annual cycle of growth for bud break looks like this:
We will to keep recording the various events for 2021 on our chart and post an updated blog at the end of the yar.

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