Vineyard log, Spring 2020; Bloom Damage

May 26, 2020/in Vineyard Log/by Donald Furrow-Scott

What a May frost does to Cabernet clusters. The healthy one set fruit nicely. The dead one will try again next season. We were lucky compared to some vineyards

Young, healthy grape flower buds.

What frost & freeze damage does to flower buds.

And what a surviving grape flower bloom looks like.

Donald Furrow-Scott bottles the history of grape growing and wine making into historical fiction novels spanning the centuries; stories with compelling notes of ancient legends and lingering hints of the supernatural. In the Wine’s Anvil series, the history of several wine varietals comes to life through a series of memorable characters and their inspiring adventures.

Furrow-Scott has decades of experience as a grape grower, cellar master, winemaker, and tasting room storyteller at Hickory Hill Vineyards near Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia.

Vineyard log, Spring 2020; Bloom Damage

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