My refractometer arrived today so I went out to the vineyard to try it
out. I'd googled Marechal Foch and the concensus seems to be that it's
ripe around 23 Brix. Mine are 18-20 so I have a bit longer to wait.
I'm in Maryland, north of Baltimore, by way of reference.

I checked the white grapes and they run about 13-16 Brix. Googling the
varieties gave me the impression that they're generally harvested at a
lower Brix, like in the high teens. Does anyone have a good website or
personal experience with the optimal Brix for the following varieties?

Marechal Foch
Concord
Traminette
Niagara
Aurore


Thanks for any help you can give.

Paul

On Aug 26, 5:41 pm, Pavel314 > wrote:
> My refractometer arrived today so I went out to the vineyard to try it
> out. I'd googled Marechal Foch and the concensus seems to be that it's
> ripe around 23 Brix. Mine are 18-20 so I have a bit longer to wait.
> I'm in Maryland, north of Baltimore, by way of reference.
>
> I checked the white grapes and they run about 13-16 Brix. Googling the
> varieties gave me the impression that they're generally harvested at a
> lower Brix, like in the high teens. Does anyone have a good website or
> personal experience with the optimal Brix for the following varieties?
>
> Marechal Foch
> Concord
> Traminette
> Niagara
> Aurore
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Paul


This link gives several years of grape chemistry data that includes
most of these varieties and many more in west central Virginia. Watch
the pH on Foch.

http://www.chateau-z.com/gpage.html

On Aug 26, 9:39*pm, shbailey > wrote:
> On Aug 26, 5:41 pm, Pavel314 > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > My refractometer arrived today so I went out to the vineyard to try it
> > out. I'd googled Marechal Foch and the concensus seems to be that it's
> > ripe around 23 Brix. Mine are 18-20 so I have a bit longer to wait.
> > I'm in Maryland, north of Baltimore, by way of reference.
>
> > I checked the white grapes and they run about 13-16 Brix. Googling the
> > varieties gave me the impression that they're generally harvested at a
> > lower Brix, like in the high teens. Does anyone have a good website or
> > personal experience with the optimal Brix for the following varieties?
>
> > Marechal Foch
> > Concord
> > Traminette
> > Niagara
> > Aurore
>
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> > Paul
>
> This link gives several years of grape chemistry data that includes
> most of these varieties and many more in west central Virginia. *Watch
> the pH on Foch.
>
> http://www.chateau-z.com/gpage.html- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, that's just what I needed. I bookmarked it for future
reference. I like the entry for Concord in 2007:

"Disease resistant with pretty clusters. Yucky smell. Give it up!"

Although I do a lot with Concord blends.

Paul