Red Varieties are Now at Veraison

We went to the vineyard this weekend and the red varieties were at véraison! Here are some photos I took on Sunday, Augut 21 and then on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.

It has taken me three days to get this blog post written and in that time, our Barbera has entered véraison!

On Monday, we had the first rain since August 17. It was a good soaker that gave the vineyard around 1 inch of rain. And then, we had a bonus rain event on Tuesday evening, August 23 that brought another 1/2 inch of rain. The vineyard definitely could use the rain but the vines are hanging in there.
The Connecticut Drought map for our regions shows that we are currently in an extreme drought situation.

Meanwhile, we are working as quickly as we can to deploy our nets to protect the ripening grapes from every from of predator!