Have you ever seen bloom in the vineyard? Bloom (or flowering as the Kiwis like to call it) is a critical time in the vineyard and winery. In the above picture you can see that each berry is “flowering”. Grapes are hermaphroditic, or they have both male and female reproductive parts so they don’t need to be pollinated like cherries or almonds. This process makes the vineyard smell amazing. Kinda of like an elderberry blossom. Kinda sweet and kinda of tart smelling. This time of year also means we can set our clock to when harvest will begin; 100 days post bloom. So we know that around September 11th the pinot noir will start coming in!!!
Cheers,
