2009 Is A Drought Year
It rained yesterday, bringing my recorded rainfall total to just over 20 inches for the season. This is about 2/3 of average, and I don't expect that we will get too much more this growing season. Part of me hopes we don't, as late-season rainfall makes farming our grapes that much messier.I remember back in the day that hearing "drought year" was a good thing for the wine afficionado. Do people still feel this way? I don't, not so much.
Our wines in 2009 may be marginally better than they might have been if we had recieved normal or above-average rainfall. I expect that with less water in the deep soil profile we will have to spend less time on canopy management this year. That will free up that much more manpower to allow me to fine-tune crop loads, berry sizes and leaf cover.
posted 4/08/2009 07:16:00 AM
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