Bye-Bye Grapes!!
Caden 
Patch
Zoran
GIGI and Caden
Chris
Baco
If you look close you can see all thegrapes we had to leave because the rain
and bees destroyed them.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
2008 CAB SAV HARVEST PICS
Bye-Bye Grapes!! Caden PatchZoran
GIGI and Caden Chris BacoIf you look close you can see all thegrapes we had to leave because the rain
and bees destroyed them.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
NO EXPANSION FOR 2009
Jamison-Paul Vineyard has decided to hold off for one more year before expanding to the next acre. This decision came from the higher executives after a lower than expected 2008 harvest. Jamison-Paul Vineyard will take a look back at the 2008 year and figure out where they can improve on for the 2009 year.
THE SEASON HAS COME TO AN END.
We harvested our last variety, Cabernet Sauvigon, this past Saturday and MAN was it a long day. We started about 6:30 am and finally wrapped everything up around 5:00 pm. My hat is off to Chris Shelton, Baco Crnjak and Zoran Crnjak for helping us out and sticking around as long as they did.
This year's Cabernet was interesting. About 3 weeks ago we had some of the prettiest Cabernet in the state and then the rains came and didn't stop!!! Our summer was so dry that it created small berries and by the time the rains hit the grapes were done growing. What this created was a mess in the vineyard because the berry skins were tight and not flexable, so when the rains came the vines sucked up the water and the berries busted.
Once the berries busted open the bees came in and took over and finished destoying the grapes and all the grapes around it. We spent the entire day cleaning out bad clusters, dropping dried up clusters and being chased around by Japanese Hornets, Honey Bees, Bumble bees and Yellow Jackets. It felt as if you were in the middle of their hive but the bees were so full and drunk from the grapes they didn't bother you (it might have been a different story if we didn't have gloves on) they just flew around our head.
All in all it was not a bad day. I wish we could have given the winemaker more to work with but I can't complain...we harvested more this year than last and the winemaker was pleased with what he got. Here are our results from the Cabernet Sauvigon:
1340 lbs
20.5 brix
3.67 Ph
This year's Cabernet was interesting. About 3 weeks ago we had some of the prettiest Cabernet in the state and then the rains came and didn't stop!!! Our summer was so dry that it created small berries and by the time the rains hit the grapes were done growing. What this created was a mess in the vineyard because the berry skins were tight and not flexable, so when the rains came the vines sucked up the water and the berries busted.
Once the berries busted open the bees came in and took over and finished destoying the grapes and all the grapes around it. We spent the entire day cleaning out bad clusters, dropping dried up clusters and being chased around by Japanese Hornets, Honey Bees, Bumble bees and Yellow Jackets. It felt as if you were in the middle of their hive but the bees were so full and drunk from the grapes they didn't bother you (it might have been a different story if we didn't have gloves on) they just flew around our head.
All in all it was not a bad day. I wish we could have given the winemaker more to work with but I can't complain...we harvested more this year than last and the winemaker was pleased with what he got. Here are our results from the Cabernet Sauvigon:
1340 lbs
20.5 brix
3.67 Ph
Monday, September 15, 2008
2008 CAB SAV HARVEST
This Saturday we will be harvesting Cabernet Sauvignon. We are hoping that tomorrow's rain forcast will not be to bad and that we can get our Brix up. Last week we tested it and it dropped a point from 20 to 19 and our Ph went up to 3.66 from 3.65.
The rain that we have had over the past several weeks has really put a hurting on our grapes. We were lucky and got our Merlot's off in time but these Cabernet's were not ripe yet and needed to hang a while. I would have loved to have seen the past several weeks dry and hot, but that is Mother Nature for you.
The rain that we have had over the past several weeks has really put a hurting on our grapes. We were lucky and got our Merlot's off in time but these Cabernet's were not ripe yet and needed to hang a while. I would have loved to have seen the past several weeks dry and hot, but that is Mother Nature for you.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
JAMISON-PAUL VINEYARD IS EXPANDING
In April 2009, Jamison-Paul Vineyard will be adding a new acre of vines. We we be adventuring out with the Muscadine variety, Noble. Noble - This variety is popular with juice and wine makers; small fruit size; black, perfect flower, late season; excellent flavor; high yields; high vine vigor; good winter hardiness.
Monday, September 8, 2008
GOT RESULTS FROM 2008 MERLOT
We now have the final results from the 2008 Merlot Harvest.
1194 pounds
22.5 Brix
3.61 ph.
This was a great first harvest for our Merlot and the winemaker seemed very pleased with the quality that we provided. I hope this helps us build a relationship with the winery because you can have all the fruit in the world but if you don't have anybody to sell to, it is worthless.
1194 pounds
22.5 Brix
3.61 ph.
This was a great first harvest for our Merlot and the winemaker seemed very pleased with the quality that we provided. I hope this helps us build a relationship with the winery because you can have all the fruit in the world but if you don't have anybody to sell to, it is worthless.
HURRICANE HANNA
Well Hurricane Hanna came and dropped another 2 inches of rain on the vineyard. This is something we want to avoid as much as possible because after Fay's 4 inches we have started to see signs of Powedery Mildew. We have been able to control Powdery all year with sulfer and hot weather, but now it is tough because the days are a little cooler and we are starting to get some rain from the hurricanes.
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