The Vine House - Arrow Lakes Vineyard is located on 32 acres of land situated above the Arrow Lakes near the town of Edgewood, BC. The terraced land overlooks the Sangrida and Mista Peaks of the Selkirk Mountain Range in southern British Columbia. The vineyard has sandy to silty sand soil, a 6a climate, and about 150-160 frost free days with 1000-1100 DDG celsius of heat. We grow cold hardy disease resistant hybrids and use no pesticides or fungicides on our grapes.

Monday, June 8, 2015

Really Early Bloom for 2015

More indications that bloom is going to be early.  Here is a Lucy Kuhlman cluster  that is already into bloom as of June 6th - this is 3 weeks early.  Not too surprising as May was about 14c average and normal is usually about 12.5c. 

Now this flower cluster is close to the soil level and receives more heat that the usual ones at the 3-4 foot level but still this is really early.  Overall the Lucy Kuhlman looks good this year and came through the winter quite well.