Harvest is here ....

This year the grapes are again coming in similar to the last 3 years ... Brix was a bit low at 19 and TA was about normal for this part of Nebraska at 13 g/l (1.3%) but pH was already up to 3.4 so I harvested. And they taste great!

We harvested half last Friday then rested up for a few days then picked the rest on Monday. Picking Marquette grapes is much more labor intensive than most other varieties due to their small size clusters. Marquettes are about 4 ounces rather than many other varieties weighting a full pound or more. Seems the picking is 4 times as much work to get the same number of pounds!! No wonder we were so tired after harvesting only half the grapes!

Here's some pictures we took ....