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We live on a cloud. A cloud of scent made of pollen and sunshine. In the last few weeks our vines have been blooming in the beautiful Palatinate, and there is no more wonderful scent in the world. The bees are in a frenzy of joy and we are happy too, especially because the year did not start so rosy:
After a short, warm spring phase at the start of the year (in February!), frost came again in May and caused the tender shoots to freeze in many vineyards in the 13 German wine-growing regions , as we have already reported. Our vineyards around Weyher were lucky and were spared, thanks to our protected and special location.
And then the rain came...
We have three highlights to announce in May!
Highlight number 1 - Cold Sophie is over, the last day of the so-called Ice Saints. Since Thursday (May 16th) the danger of frost has officially been averted. And we can finally breathe a sigh of relief, because our delicate plants are no longer in danger. We were just extremely lucky this year, because in Saxony and Franconia, on the Moselle and in Rheinhessen there were very high losses due to severe frost: up to 90% of the buds froze to death.
The reason? ...
Wine chat: unfiltered, straight from real life. With both feet deep in the Palatinate soil, hands sticky with grape juice, a head full of ideas and a heart full to the brim, just like the glasses.
This is not a textbook.
This is not a wine guide.
This is a piece of Palatinate winemaking life.
Welcome to the Palatinate.
Welcome to tradition & modernity.
Welcome to WeinGeplauder.
Now that it is slowly getting warmer again, the discussion is reviving about how warm or cold a wine should be to fully develop its aroma. The answer could easily come from a lawyer, because it is:
It depends.
What?
