Harvest!!

Well....I have completed another harvest here in Virginia!  2013 is no exception to how growing grapes in Virginia can be difficult.  Mother Nature is our true grower and this year, on May 27th, she brought us a late frost.  This was the beginning of our difficult growing year.  Because of this frost, not only did we lose some of our fruit, but the critters also lost there food so it was challenge to say the least!  Corcoran was lucky in that we did get some high quality grapes, just not as many as expected.

Happy Fall!!
Cheers!!

Fun Facts

As I am approaching harvest faster than I can blink, I thought it only appropriate to attach some fun Grape Facts that was given to me on Twitter.

 

These are questions that I get asked all the time so I think it is great!

 

Are you going to enjoy One Grape Cluster tonight or Four??

 

Cheers!

Wine Closures

Without getting all technical and stuff, I wanted to just touch on my thoughts of one of the types of wine closures.  There are four common types of closures:  Cork, Synthetic Cork, Screw Cap, & Box.  All of which do the job of storing the wine but some better than others.  When we think of the boxed wine, we immediately think cheap.  Well, we must think again.  Although we are getting the romance of popping a cork on a bottle of wine, sometimes we might want to think economically/efficiency.  A box wine, no light gets into it because it is in a box, no air gets in because the bag just releases wine from the nozzle and no oxygen can get in and usually we can store them for a few weeks while open and it doesn't spoil.  So all in all, not a bad idea.  Corcoran does not do boxed wine, but I get asked all the time what my thoughts are ... so there is my two cents :-) Cheers!