2007-7-12, 12:22 am
Following a little longer pause we finally have more news from the Sonnenmulde Estate Winery. The reason
for this break was simply the time of the year. Early summer is the busiest work period in a winery and
thus we spent most of the past weeks out in the vinyards. To catch up a bit we now have a little update
regarding the current state of the wine year.
After some
frost related
troubles in early May the current wine year developed really favourably. Much sun and heat and only little
rain provided excellent conditions for our vines. Some thunderstorms and a bit of rain recently brought just
enough humidity for the plants. Under this circumstances grapevines can grow up to 10 centimeters (about 4
inches) on a single day. This of course demands a lot of manual leafwork which keeps us busy most of the
time from May to July. Not only the shoots develop quickly, the grapes grow just as fast and will soon reach
their full size.
The progress of the year until now lets us hope for a very ripe and early
harvest. Currently we anticipate it to start in the end of August or early September. This would make the
year comparable to the vintage 2003, not bad we would think.
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