Milestone in the Vineyard

Happy October 1st! This year marks a first in the vineyard. It is the first time that we were able to get all of the nets on all of our varieties before our first harvest! We finished dropping the nets on September 22!

With all of the nets protecting our grapes we were able to do something that is another first in the vineyard. With our friend, Laurie's help, we bagged 800 clusters of Chenin Blanc to be reserved for our botrysized, late harvest wine.

It will be interesting to see how these early bagged grapes turn into noble-rot infected grapes.
Meanwhile, we had our first harvest of Chardonnay and Auxerrois this past weekend. Details to follow.