u/CruisingVessel

14 days in December saw high temperatures above 70 with five of them above 80 F. January had an 8-day streak of highs above 80. Some of my 180 Syrah vines woke up quite early. Saw some isolated bud break on Jan 4 with some shoot growth on Jan 8. Vines are in various stages of growth at this point. Today we have about 20 clusters already in veraison. Measured a few berries at 12-15 Brix. I think I’d better drop the mature ones. Maybe I’ll try to make some verjus.