Posts Written OnOctober 02, 2009

I’m behind the camera, not in front of it, but there are much better things to see when you’re on the western shore of Seneca Lake getting ready to put just-sorted pinot gris up into the press.

  By Tom Mansell, Science Editor In my last post, I mentioned bird netting and how exposed grapes need to be protected from birds, especially once they are ripe. Birds, like people, love to eat wine grapes. They also seem to have an uncanny ability to determine when grapes are ripe and, if left uncontrolled, decimate a vineyard's grape supply.   It got me thinking about several different methods that growers use to keep their yeast food from becoming bird food.  A short sampling: Shiny Objects Occasionally in orchards, you will see pie plates and shiny mylar tape tied to a…