We are about 60-70% bloom on our Chardonnay. Merlot is still in trace bloom stage. Winchester area received a series of rains from around 3:00 AM this morning, and relative… Read more
I received comments from Anton on the previous post about Botrytis. He is more concerned about Rovral (=Meteor), Vangard, and Scala than I indicated. I wasn’t very clear on the… Read more
There are still a chance of an afternoon rain, but here are estimated disease risks from rains from yesterday to this morning. We had about 16 hours of an estimated… Read more
Winchester area received rains from 11AM yesterday. Although rain was over by the evening, the relative humidity stayed high (>90%) until this morning. Thus, an estimated leaf wetness period was… Read more
Winchester area received a series of rain from the morning to the afternoon yesterday. Overall, we had 6 hours of an estimated leaf wetness event with an average temperature of… Read more
Winchester area received a precipitation from 3AM on May 1st, an estimated wetness period was 5 hours with an average temperature of 59F. It was a low risk event for… Read more
Winchester area received precipitation from around 9:00 PM last night to this morning. An estimated leaf wetness period was 12 hours with an average temperature of 42F. Although it was… Read more
I received three emails from different vineyards (Southern, Northern, and Central VA) with black rot pictures. Yes, it is a little early for us to talk about black rot, but… Read more
As Tony noted in his email, we will have a vineyard meeting on this Wednesday. April 25th Barren Ridge Vineyards, http://www.barrenridgevineyardsva.com/ John and Shelby Higgs 984 Barren Ridge… Read more
A series of rain events started around 3:00 PM on 21 April in Winchester area. We are still receiving some precipitations today, and the relative humidity was high (>90%) all… Read more