As Bordeaux region is entering into summer, overall flowering stages went smoothly and the leaf area operations are undergoing under good weather conditions. At this …
Bordeaux 2017 : an unusual spring with extreme temperature
Tag: Vintage
Bordeaux 2016: An Unexpected Vintage (Part 2)
Last week we talked about the unusual weather conditions of the winter and spring in Bordeaux during the last growing season. Winegrowers faced one of …
Update on Napa 2016 vintage
Update on Napa 2016 vintage, First half of the 2016 season illustrates the effects of warmer temperatures in a context of low water deficit due …
4 hallmarks to describe a great 2015 vintage in Bordeaux
After harvest ended in Bordeaux for whites and reds, comments and articles about the 2015 vintage were all over the web : it seemed like …
Bordeaux vintage: current update…Is 2015 a new 2003 or just a perfect scenario so far?
As season goes by and the first berries enter veraison, 2015 promises to be a very hot and dry vintage. Despite a late bud break …
On-going vintage report in Napa: another proof that visual cues can be misleading…
The recent heat wave experienced after the rain last week (June 24th -25th) illustrated very well a classic misconception about vine water use. For years, people have considered …
California on-going 2013 Vintage report
The climatic context before and after budbreak plays a very important role in shaping the vintage effect. Temperature accumulation and soil moisture availability initialize the …