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Tempranillo budbreak on 4-14-2024. Malbecs should open today, Tannat's still look a 3-7 days out and Baco's opened last Friday.

I'm pretty excited about this year. I'm getting better at pruning, grapes are nearing the maximum extent of where I want them, and I have a good feeling about the weather pattern remaining good all summer... I haven't had any frost/freeze problems but my microclimate is warm/protected. 22 was...

Don't tell my grapes, they don't know it's too cold here ; ) Typically we are freeze free from mid April to mid October and have about 3500 growing degree days ( f degrees). Typically I harvest the baco the first week of September, the tempranillo from early September to the end of September...

I'm in Salt Lake City at about 4600ft. I chose Malbec since it seems to do well in Argentina and my climate is pretty similar to Argentina. I also have some Tempranillo, Tannat, and Baco Noir. I think Malbec and Tempranillo are considered early ripening. I think the Tannats are considered...

I find the various temperature systems the hardest to get a comfortable feel for. I think variable 0 location is what makes it hard. Our weather report did mention the odd direction the cold front was coming from, moving north east versus the typical south east. We got a little snow but it...

My first 20 vines had grow tubes, a few years later I planted 10 more without tubes. I felt like the ones with tubes did better but different variety, different year, different location... After 3 more years they all look good but if I plant more I'll use the tubes again.

That must be degrees C...

I saw one last week and was surprised by how awful it looked. Usually when I see a new vehicle in person I like it better than in pictures. It was a gray day with bad light, so there's a chance it's not as bad as my initial impression.

Mine started weeping this week. It's about average for the 5 years I have records. (Planted 2016)

I do think having a "free" (my cost excluding my time is probably about $0.50/bottle) supply of wine makes it more likely I will drink more than I like to admit. I started bottling in beer bottles and 375 mm bottles. That has helped. Having a glass a water with dinner also helps.

30 or so for me too. My taste buds are being trained to only think my wine is good ; )

Plus, you can mess up and do the exact wrong thing but the grapes will recover. You may not get the production or look you wanted, but next year you can try again.

I'm looking for something to do - I have to check a few of the wines see how they are doing. FYI, the following website has lots of interesting stories. They are a little heavy on the organic/sustainability side but still interesting...

The cold stayed about 60 miles north of us. So far we've been having a pretty warm winter with rain versus the typical snow. I'll have to follow the story - I'm curious about the amount a damage they might see

I don't think I've seen anyone reference this but I found a lot of interesting wine articles here: https://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/Canopy-Articles.html It's a little heavy on the "sustainability" push but still interesting.