Winter Update

Well this year was kind of a bust for the grapes. We had a ridiculous amount of rain in the beginning of the year which causes all of my grapes to get anthracnose. Even if I would have sprayed with sulfur, I still don't think it would have helped. I will be spraying sulfur next year to see if it can help the stop of anthracnose which is the only bad problem I have.

The new vines of Jupiter, Neptune, the 4 noirets, and the 1 Marquette are all growing fine and went dormant with no issues.

The concord wines didn't turn out well either. I didn't use any yeast nutrient and the fermentation kept stopping and made some bacterial tasting wine. It definitely is important to use the campden tablets, yeast nutrient, and the pectic enzyme.

With nothing to do until spring, time to start planning the garden!