Like my vines need more rain

Well, it rained pretty good out here on Tuesday.  Its going to be very very interesting seeing what effect that has on the vine's vigor (they're already out of control) and on my yields this year.

Rain -- in June??

It's Kim's birthday today, and so far it hasn't rained.  It actually rained a lot this May and June, and I learned that can really screw up the self-fertilization of the grapes, so I could end up with lower yields.

I also am (obvious to me) still learning about the pruning method I'm using (spur-cane) and so I didn't do as good a job of planning for the future (this year's shoots) as I thought.  On the plus side, the vines are really doing well and even the wimpy Pinot Meunier near the front of the rows is finally starting to show some good vine growth.  I'll get some decent yield from some of the Pinot Meunier this year.

Oops...forgot to note when we bottled -- D'oh!

OK, I'm lame and I don't really keep up on this blog, since it's only really about my silly attempts at winemaking and I'm sure nobody but me actually reads it.

That said, back in February Kim and I bottled the wine.  It seems to be stuck at about 75% ML, so I'm not going to wait until it possibly starts to oxidize before I bottle it this year.  We'll see what that does to the finished product.