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I'm chiming in here with Anthony.....August, for us, brought 4 inches of rain more than normal, the first three weeks we had 65F temperatures as highs, and no sun, The first August day over 80F wasn't until mid-late August and only 3 days for the MONTH over 80F. Bad, bad bad for organic fungicides, like pureeing $10 bills and spraying them in the vineyard.....but for me, this may be the best Brix I've ever had at this point in the season. Many summers have been way better weather but no verasion at all at this point in the season. We are in full verasion now, with Brix from 10 to 17 and still a month+ to go. very, very weird....<div>steve</div><div>maine coast vineyards<br><div><div>On Sep 2, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Canada Vintage wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> so I am not the only one experiencing a rapid increase in ripeness in the last few weeks!<br>Can someone explain how this is possible? We have had next to nothing in sun and yet these grapes seem to have a mind of their own.<br><br>I guess frequent rain/irrigation does help after all!<br><br><br>Anthony Carone (Zone 4b-5a)<br>Canada Vintage - Carone Vineyards, a division of Carone Enterprises<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>www.CanadaVintage.com<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>> From: <a href="mailto:coquine@endirect.qc.ca">coquine@endirect.qc.ca</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:growwine@littlefatwino.com">growwine@littlefatwino.com</a><br>> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 07:49:08 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [Growwine] Foch grapes Brix<br>> <br>> Baltica 21 brix ,pick 22 Aug.<br>> Skandia 20 pick 22 Aug<br>> DM 8521-1 21 pick 1 Sept<br>> ES 10-18-30 21 pick 1 Sept<br>> Alain Breault St-Paul D'Abbotsford ,Quebec<br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "St-Jean, Rob (ES)" <<a href="mailto:RStJean@NRCan.gc.ca">RStJean@NRCan.gc.ca</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:growwine@littlefatwino.com">growwine@littlefatwino.com</a>><br>> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:11 AM<br>> Subject: [Growwine] Foch grapes Brix<br>> <br>> <br>> > Foch grapes at 17.8 Brix and rising quickly in Cantley Quebec.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Rob St-Jean<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Growwine mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:Growwine@littlefatwino.com">Growwine@littlefatwino.com</a><br>> > <a href="http://lists.littlefatwino.com/mailman/listinfo/growwine">http://lists.littlefatwino.com/mailman/listinfo/growwine</a><br>> <br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> No virus found in this incoming message.<br>> Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">http://www.avg.com</a><br>> Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1646 - Release Date: 01/09/2008 <br>> 18:03<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Growwine mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Growwine@littlefatwino.com">Growwine@littlefatwino.com</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.littlefatwino.com/mailman/listinfo/growwine">http://lists.littlefatwino.com/mailman/listinfo/growwine</a><br><br><hr>Upgrade to Hotmail Plus and share more photos with bigger attachments. Click here to find out how <a href="http://get.live.com/en-ca/mailplus/features" target="_new">Click here to find out how</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Growwine mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Growwine@littlefatwino.com">Growwine@littlefatwino.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.littlefatwino.com/mailman/listinfo/growwine">http://lists.littlefatwino.com/mailman/listinfo/growwine</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>