Riesling Rules Book » 2010 » June » 17 http://rieslingrules.com/the_book Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 02 May 2012 18:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A cool spring in the Northwest http://rieslingrules.com/the_book/vineyards/a-cool-spring-in-the-northwest/ http://rieslingrules.com/the_book/vineyards/a-cool-spring-in-the-northwest/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:45:42 +0000 Nicolas http://rieslingrules.com/the_book/?p=929 Spring should almost be over on the West coast of the United States but we are witnessing a fairly cool 2010 influenced by the infamous El Nino slowing down our growing season – this is a particularly good thing for us Riesling producers (we like cool germanic weather). Physiologically our vines are now blooming and we are probably about two weeks behind a normal season – This is also great for Riesling because delayed maturity promote long hang time and long hang time = better flavor development. I still expect harvest to be starting in 14 weeks or so.

Below is the GDD chart (for more on GDD http://rieslingrules.com/the_book/winemakers-blog/vineyards/2009-vineyard-update/ - you will also see the 2009 chart in comparison)

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