Also a winemaker may rest and enjoy the time.
On New Year’s Eve I will celebrate the new year with my family and friends. Eat something good and drink excellent wine. I like very much to taste wines from other winemakers, because only by comparing or tasting other tastes can one develop further.
I wish you a happy new year 2020. Health, happiness, contentment and don’t forget: “Life is too short to drink bad wine!” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Over the course of summer, the vines are sprayed on a regular schedule every nine days. So, starting in April, this will result in 8-10 rounds. Depending on the type of season, we will use different types of sprays, like e.g. baking soda, various herbal teas, sulfur, etc. We invested in an expensive full canopy
The new shoots of a vine will now not only grow on the designated canes, but also on parts of the vine that will cause the vine to use too much energy. These as well as weeds need to be taken away either by hand or mechanically. Shoots can also emerge from higher up on
Activities during the months of March and April are important to support the nutrients in our soils: This is the perfect time to sow various types of cover crops into the rows of our vineyards, which is an ideal growing ground for bees and other insects. According to our organic management we use water glass,
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