SamQ aka Ah! Q!
Old Oak
"Winemakers love this summer. The long hot dry days have helped ripen the fruit and "keep disease at bay", as Luck puts it. There is a subtle shift too.
More sun means more sugar in the grapes, which will mean higher alcohol content." BBC News, online.
There was a bit of pessimism expressed here recently re the grape harvest. Looks like it was premature - or ill-informed.
On the plus side, any thing that makes Rob's Vino Collapso more rounded, fruity, and a pleasant swallow, has to be appreciated in these dire days of climate change....wonder if a 'high water' in the Wine Lake will make it cheaper?
More sun means more sugar in the grapes, which will mean higher alcohol content." BBC News, online.
There was a bit of pessimism expressed here recently re the grape harvest. Looks like it was premature - or ill-informed.
On the plus side, any thing that makes Rob's Vino Collapso more rounded, fruity, and a pleasant swallow, has to be appreciated in these dire days of climate change....wonder if a 'high water' in the Wine Lake will make it cheaper?