This Summer/Fall has been a real challenge. Aurora was hit by a tornado and we lost many big trees and the vines got battered really bad (our house, unlike many neighbors, came out undamaged). Lost quite a few clusters but vines held up okay. Then, later, we got hit by a golf-ball size hail storm that "totalled" our house roof along with our out buildings. The vines again got batterred and now most clusters were knocked off. The vines continued to hold up fairly well.
As a result, the grape crop was quite limited. So... I did a field blend with St Croix and Marquette grapes and was still able to make a few gallons of my very own red hybrid wine for the first time. More details on that later.
Here's some pictures of Marquette vines and clusters BEFORE the hail damage.
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