The year had started quite normal. Fruit set was slightly higher and we had to do quite a lot of green harvest, mostly halfing our grapes.
\nSeptember started nicely cool. We were prepared for a slow ripening period and late harvest.<\/p>\n
But then it all started very fast. A wet weekend at the end of september, followed by a high pressure zone with foggy mornings and hot afternoons made us jump. We had to rush in our harvest and save as much grapes as possible from a botrytis attack.<\/p>\n
So we left some of the botrytis infected grapes hanging in the vineyard and at the end of october we could pick them as a shriveled “Trockenbeerenauslese”.<\/p>\n
All in all a great year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The year had started quite normal. Fruit set was slightly higher and we had to do quite a lot of green harvest, mostly halfing our grapes. September started nicely cool. We were prepared for a slow ripening period and late … Continue reading