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Wine Trivia du Jour
A newly planted vineyard is usually ready for harvest within:
a) 6 months
b) 1-2 years
c) 3-4 years
d) 5-6 years
What do you think? Two ways to find out:
1: Come for a visit and ask us!
2: Play our Wine Trivia game!
Blushing Beauties
Oh – they’re starting to blush. Just as lovely as can be! And, this is such a significant event in the vineyard that there’s a name for it: veraison.
They’re still awfully sour, but this beginning blush tells us that the sugar is on its way up and the acid is on its way down. Before you know it Geoff , our Winemaker, will be gathering samples for tasting and analysis and that first load of grapes will be knocking on our door! Here’s to the 2010 harvest!
More about the annual vineyard cycle
The European Grapevine Moth: A Serious Threat
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Fun Fact by Nancy Hawks Miller, Goosecross: The European Grapevine Moth: A Serious Threat
Did you enjoy this? Here are more Fun Facts from Goosecross Cellars.
Flowering in the Vineyard
This brief video is a show and tell on wine-grape pollination.
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Goosecross: Pruning Time in the Vineyard
In this 2-minute video our Winemaker, Geoff Gorsuch, does a show and tells of when and how he prunes the vines. He references the term “buds” several times. For each bud left after he prunes, a shoot will emerge in the spring. He can expect that each shoot will produce one to three clusters of grapes. Enjoy!
