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 …

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 …

August 5, 2015

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

September 16, 2014

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

September 10, 2013

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

August 23, 2012

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

August 8, 2012

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