Bud Break 2014: Baco Noir at Hudson-Chatham Winery
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Bud Break 2014: Cabernet Franc at Shinn Estate Vineyards
It’s that time of year again. Despite a cool, somewhat dreary spring bud break has hit the North Fork. David Page, co-owner of Shinn Estate Vineyards, sent me this picture earlier this afternoon from their cabernet franc block. Good luck to all of our friends tending vines this season.
New Survey Shows Why 2014 was the Worst Winter in the Finger Lakes in Years
The most devastating winter in more than a decade has left behind millions of dollars of damage to the Finger Lakes wine industry. Thanks to a survey from the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Finger Lakes Grape Program, we’re learning just how serious the winter losses could be. Over the last two weeks of March, researchers cut more than 14,000 buds and collected more than 100 samples of vinifera. Teams visited 20 different sites, from vineyards on Seneca, Keuka, Cayuga, Canandaigua, and Skaneateles Lakes. The staff attempted to collect buds from a variety of locations even within single vineyard sites — buds from high up, buds from…