This Week in the Vineyard
In October, this tiny cluster will be a big bunch of Pinot Noir grapes!
Hi mes amis, Jean-Luc Pommard and Fifi Gris here. After all that hot weather last week, we are finally enjoying some typical Oregon “liquid sunshine.” The sun and rain help us to grow during this important stage.
At the Sokol Blosser vineyards, everyone is hoping (including us!) that the rain will stop before our delicate little buds start to bloom. We are expecting bloom in a few weeks, and if it is still raining when that happens, the rain has a chance of washing away the pollen on the blooms. If there is no pollen, then our grapes can’t “set,” which is vineyard speak for the act of pollination in the grape clusters. And if some of the grapes don’t set, we develop what the vineyard guys call “scattered clusters,” or scraggly, thin clusters of grapes where only a few of the grapes developed fully.
So think sun, everyone!