Today's report comes from Heron Hill Winery's owner John Ingle, via marketing director Kitty Oliver:
"He (John) has finished harvesting the cab franc and riesling from Ingle Vineyard. He netted off seven rows of riesling to save for icewine. He brought the last of the cab franc today, 5 tons. Half from Ingle Vineyard and half from the vineyards at the Bristol tasting room — 2 acres at each location.
John's very excited because the vineyard adjacent to his Ingle Vineyard — Jim Hicks' vineyards — has about four tons of riesling that we're going to harvest. The grapes went from green to brown from all the rain and in John's own words, 'We have a wonderful infection of Botrytis!'
He's planning on making a TBA with it, possible harvest next week depending on the weather. He'll be harvesting that into buckets, he said that the water basically evaporates the skin, so when it's harvested it starts juicing immediately — a delicate process. Although there's about 4 tons now, he expects to get about 1 ton."