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Currently: VERAISON

With summer fading and harvest just a heartbeat away we celebrate the a brand new growing season. Every day is a beautiful day at Domaine Serene, but it this time of year, when the vines come to life, that we are reminded of why we are here: to make exceptional wines.

Grape clusters begin to turn from green to purple in August. Crop yield estimates are made at this time, and all but one cluster per shoot may be removed and discarded to achieve the desired yield of under 2 tons per acre.
Bud Break Bloom Fruit Set Veraison
Bud Break - Around April 1st buds burst forth on the fruiting cane. Each bud has the potential for three shoots. Each shoot, which will grow vertically, will produce fruit. Our first and most important "green thinning" for quality will be to disbud by hand. We leave one shoot per bud and only 12-14 shoots per fruiting cane, at a distance of no less than 3-4 fingers apart. Disbudding is vital for canopy health. Bloom - This occurs in June. Grapes are hermaphroditic, which means they have male and female flower parts and self fertilize without the help of bees. The flower at bloom has pollen on the ends of the stamen which fertilize the pistal (ovary) in the center of the flower. There is a wonderful fragrance in the vineyards at this time. All is well if weather is good. If it is cold, rainy and windy, fertilization will not be complete for all of the "embryo" grapes and may lead to poor "fruit set". FRUIT SET - This occurs a few weeks after bloom. Only "embryo" berries that have been fertilized will become full-sized seeded grapes. The rest will fall off or remain tiny seedless "shot berries" in the cluster. VERAISON - Grape clusters begin to turn from green to purple in August. Crop yield estimates are made at this time, and all but one cluster per shoot may be removed and discarded to achieve the desired yield of under 2 tons per acre.

 
 

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