grape harvest 2005....

Peter Brehm at Brehm Vineyards usually posts some good commentary on the current year's crop on his web site. See

Doug

Try this link. for Central vally CA 2005 croe report

Hi....thanks that is a great link......not really sure where Fresno,Calif. is in relation to the Central Valley grape growing region ,but I see that it is 101 F degrees today.....Man O' Man thats a warm day by my standards......exactly what do prolonged temps of this kind do to the grape quality aside from high brix?....andy j.

Fresno is a bit below the middle of the Central Valley. It's the hotter portion of the valley; an ancient desert.

I remember stopping at an apple juice stand along Highway 99 just south of Fresno one hot summer day. The all-day sucker candies (wheel of candy on a stick) had drooped... and they were in the shade!!

Gene

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote:

Sun burned grapes,desicated grapes, very low acid, high brix before the grape are really mature.

The thing is, the brix may not be high because the vines can shut down. The grapes may still consume the acid with out much sugar production going on, resulting in normal brix at harvest but very low acid and frankly, the grapes from there aren't usually known for their good acid profile to begin with.

Andy

Those sites show the harvest will be close to normal time this year.

Last year was my first time ordering grapes from California - which I guess was an early season.

What is considered an average season that I could see grapes in the Chicago area?

Sounds about right. Contact North Side Grapes.

--Lee