Grape Harvest 2016
So it has been an interesting year for growing and the weather has been
unusual in both that overall it was a warm year with about 1050 degree days
growing celcius (+10c) over 150 frost free days and with a really early
spring. For us a really early spring is
bud break 3-5 days early and this year we had about 7-10 days early for some
varieties. Growth was good at the start and reds and some whites were flowering
the first and second week of June in warm dry weather and had good fruit set.
Some of the whites on the other hand flowered about a week later in cool wet
weather and we had poor fruit set especially on the L’Acadie Blanc. We did
experience some limited powdery mildew continuing on into early July and this
had a minor affect on fruit set on some varieties as well.
So we picked the grapes on Oct 1st and we had some decent
numbers this year.
Reds Brix
Marechal Foch 20
Leon Millot 22
Castel 23
Lucy Kuhlman 22
Triompe D’Alsace 18
Colmar Precoce Noir 22
Marquette 21
St. Croix 16
Regent 16
Pinot Noir 18
Zweigelt 16
Marechal Foch (top) and Leon Millot (bottom) photo
Whites
Evangeline 22
L’Acadie Blanc 21
Petite Milo 23
Seyval Blanc 22
Ravat 34 18
Seigerrebe 19
Sovereign Ruby 18
Vandal Cliche 20
Siegerrebe photo
Siegerrebe photo
