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It should really be obvious. White wine is made from light grapes, and red wine from dark grapes. It's as simple as that. Or so you think. But then you stumble across Blanc de Noir. Literally "white from black" (the French exaggerated a little). It looks like a white wine, but is made from dark grapes. Great confusion! How is that supposed to work?
June 21, 2023 was midsummer, 16+ hours of daylight . The sun rarely shines that long! If you are sensible, you avoid sunburn in the summer weeks with sunscreen. But how do we protect our grapes from sunburn? AND: Can grapes even get sunburned?...
When the whole world smells of flowers, you are either in love - or in Weyher. Because the wine blossom has begun ! The delicate scent envelops us and enchants us every year. This year it is a little later than usual - the beginning of the year was cool. But actually this is our "normal" continental climate... as it was twenty years ago.
But no matter when the flowers start to bloom, the bees and bumblebees are delighted. Every year we get a visit from a queen who is placed in the vineyard with a small entourage of worker bees and her hive. For many years, good friends who are experienced beekeepers have been responsible for the royal journey. The bees then only have to fall headfirst into the flowers to find their nectar. A life like paradise, indeed! If the bees are full of energy, they can alternatively fly to the chestnut trees that bloom not far from the vineyards...
Our plants are growing like crazy and the early ripening grape varieties are even starting to produce their first clusters. Now it is time to protect our plants from mildew . This is necessary, otherwise we would not be able to harvest any grapes in the autumn...
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