The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Daily archive: 17 08 2010

Cold Summer Means Later Harvest for 2010

This “summer” has been unusually cold.ย  Record-setting coolest high temperatures cold.ย  Temperatures were below 70 degrees F on the coast, and mid-70’s inland throughout July.ย  This weird weather is delaying ripening of the grapes, so harvest will be a little later this year, barring another heat wave like last year. Mike Hoffman just sent me […]