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Crafting wine, life and home in Hungary

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Crafting wine, life and home in Hungary

Tag Archives: brix

Climate, Weather, and When to Harvest

August 26, 2016

On this date last year, we were busy harvesting our Turán (Agria) grapes. A warm 2015 August gave the grapes …

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Pinot Gris Harvest and Crush 2015

September 5, 2015

We picked our Pinot gris this week. With a warm August the grapes were ripe, but we were letting them …

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Veraison 2015

August 5, 2015

I have been reading that this year many wine growing regions have experienced early ripening (most evident by veraison, which …

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Weather That Is Good For Mushrooms Is Bad For Wine

September 16, 2014

It finally stopped raining today. My records show it rained 8 days in the first two week in this month …

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2013 Pinot Gris (Szürkebarát) Harvest

September 10, 2013

I harvested our Pinot Gris (Szürkebarát in Hungarian) over the weekend. It was going to rain this week so there …

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Ripe For the Picking

August 23, 2012

There is no single definition when grapes are considered ripe, or in other words, when to pick grapes for wine …

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Building Sugar Brix by Brix

August 8, 2012

Brix (or Degrees Brix or °Brix) is a fancy term for one way of measuring the sugar content of something …

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