2010-6-17, 11:39 am
In early summer so many things are happening concurrently that there is almost no time to update our
website. A day of rain helps in this case to bring everything up to current again. So finally some new
news from the Sonnenmulde Estate Winery
The vines are growing like crazy right now, you could almost watch them at it. They can easily gain more
than 5 cm (2 inches) a day and 10 cm (5 inches) are not unheard of. Following the long cool spring we had
very hot weather last week, reaching more than 35° Celsius (95 F), just in the right time for grape
blossoming. Now the flowers quickly develop into young grapes, reaching pea-size in only a few weeks if
there is enough water and sun. We had rain in the last two days, so let's see how much sunshine we'll
get.
Our work is now closely guided by the vines growth. Just as they grow we have to manually
guide them into the trellising system, aerate the grape zone by removing single leafs or shoots and much,
much more. In the next few days we will even have to cut the vines tips just above the topmost trellising
wire for the first time this year.
As our time permits we will of course always post news to our
website. And don't forget, for the quick update inbetween there are also our
Twitter &
Facebook feeds. Have a
look!
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