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Pavel314 > wrote:

> I live about 20 miles northeast of Baltimore, Maryland. We had record
> cold and snow last winter and record heat with little rain this
> summer, a very abnormal year for weather in every regard.
>
> When I was out in the vineyard this evening, I noticed that the
> Marechal Foch grapes were fairly along in the ripening process. I
> thought this was unusual for July 28, so I checked my wine log from
> last year and found that I harvested the Foch grapes on August 30 last
> year. It will probably take them another couple of weeks to ripen
> fully, but it still seems rather early.
>
> Only the Foch are ripening; the Concords are still hard and green.
>
> Any ideas of what's going on? Anyone have a similar situation in their
> vineyards?
>
>
> Paul

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...29523/1033/new
s?Title=Grape-harvest-lagging
Cool summer has vintners fretting about late harvest
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