The long, cool spring of 2013 has certainly had a profound effect in the vineyard. One of the most significant consequences was the delayed and unusually protracted flowering period. Indeed, in some vineyards (not ours) many potential bunches were lost completely as pollination simply didn’t happen.

The knock-on effect of this is of course, that as a direct result, we will probably have a very late harvest too. Clearly it is very early days and a lot can change over the next month or two, but it would seem that we are now looking at collecting our fruit closer to the end of September, rather than the beginning of the month.

As for the bus in the photo advertising the Summer White festival here in Galicia…… Well, I just happened to have a couple of spray cans in my backpack and couldn’t resist a bit of artistic modification. (Only joking – just Photoshop, click on image to enlarge)

The long, cool spring of 2013 has certainly had a profound effect in the vineyard. One of the most significant consequences was the delayed and unusually protracted flowering period. Indeed, in some vineyards (not ours) many potential bunches were lost completely as pollination simply didn’t happen.

The knock-on effect of this is of course, that as a direct result, we will probably have a very late harvest too. Clearly it is very early days and a lot can change over the next month or two, but it would seem that we are now looking at collecting our fruit closer to the end of September, rather than the beginning of the month.

As for the bus in the photo advertising the Summer White festival here in Galicia…… Well, I just happened to have a couple of spray cans in my backpack and couldn’t resist a bit of artistic modification. (Only joking – just Photoshop, click on image to enlarge)