Veraison is here

Well, we are in the home stretch for vintage 2008 and we are at the stage referred to as veraison. At this time the plants concentrate on ripening the fruit and have stopped the vegetative part of the season. We usually expect the ripening to happen over about 1 month, so harvest is shaping up to happen early October. As long as the weather holds (high 80s expected fornext 2 weeks), we should have a great vintage. We will keep you posted.