In spite of a late spring freeze and a lot of rain and cool weather, my vines are looking good and full of clusters. I'm now more convinced that I should convert to cane pruning in the future as apposed to the cordon/spur that I used in previous years. I've also been reading a lot of good comments about going to not only cane pruning but to closer vine spacing. I will try the closer vine spacing on a couple of new rows and see how it does. We are now finally getting some hot weather ... actually VERY HOT weather. This seems to be catching up the grapes from the slow growth experienced during the wet and cooler weather thus far.
Veraison is here !!! Right on schedule. In another week or so it will be time to add the netting and the electric fencing. Hope I can keep those pesty animals from eating too many grapes this year.
Harvest will probably be late August again this year if weather continues to be "normal". Looks like this could be my best harvest yet.
