It’s beginning to look a lot like veraison
Everywhere we look.

Veraison is one of the phases of grape maturity where the individual grape berries change color from green to a dark purple (if the variety is red).

Veraison is also the time when the vines deposit most of the sugars into the bunches. These sugars are converted to alcohol during fermentation.

The bird netting will be draped over the grapes very soon to prevent the birds from eating the grapes. Watch for posts in the future showing how we put on the net.