DISQUS

Dale Cruse · 1 year ago

I always enjoy reading your site, Gabby. You always manage to present wine insights that I feel I might not be otherwise privvy to.

Dylan · 1 year ago

"This decrease in production is also being seen as far east as Utiel Requena and as far west as the Alentejo in Portugal" and if you want to country hop, try as far west as California. Sonoma took a similar beating in terms of production due to weather this year, but as you're saying for Spain and Portugal, we're really proud of the quality and turn out for Tin Cross this year.

Milton · 1 year ago

Last year we had a serious attack of mildew and some small winemakers didn’t even harvested! But this year things went good, only with a minor problem on some varieties, like the Touriga Nacional, which had problems in the formation and development of the fruit because of the spring rains (“desavinho” e “bagoinha” - I don’t know how it’s called in English…). Anyway it wasn’t that bad because that way I skipped fruit pruning so the loss is minor. I’m not sure about the quality because we had a cooler summer and a wet spring; the veraison is delayed about 2 weeks. It’s certainly a good year but I don’t think it will be a great year. Visit <a href="<a href="http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank"><a href="http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lagar.wordpress.com ! :)

Milton · 1 year ago

Last year we had a serious attack of mildew and some small winemakers didn’t even harvested! But this year things went good, only with a minor problem on some varieties, like the Touriga Nacional, which had problems in the formation and development of the fruit because of the spring rains (“desavinho” e “bagoinha” - I don’t know how it’s called in English…). Anyway it wasn’t that bad because that way I skipped fruit pruning so the loss is minor. I’m not sure about the quality because we had a cooler summer and a wet spring; the veraison is delayed about 2 weeks. It’s certainly a good year but I don’t think it will be a great year. Visit <a href="<a href="http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank"><a href="http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lagar.wordpress.com ! :)

Milton · 1 year ago

Last year we had a serious attack of mildew and some small winemakers didn’t even harvested! But this year things went good, only with a minor problem on some varieties, like the Touriga Nacional, which had problems in the formation and development of the fruit because of the spring rains (“desavinho” e “bagoinha” - I don’t know how it’s called in English…). Anyway it wasn’t that bad because that way I skipped fruit pruning so the loss is minor. I’m not sure about the quality because we had a cooler summer and a wet spring; the veraison is delayed about 2 weeks. It’s certainly a good year but I don’t think it will be a great year. Visit <a href="<a href="http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank"><a href="http://lagar.wordpress.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lagar.wordpress.com ! :)

Gabriella Opaz · 1 year ago

Thanks Dale! Although constructive criticism on how we can improve is always welcomed, I'm a bit biased towards the kind and positive comments ;-)

Gabriella Opaz · 1 year ago

That is great to hear! If only I could try your wines here in Spain ;-( Well, just another reason why I need to make a trip to California!

Gabriella Opaz · 1 year ago

I wish you luck Milton, and we'll be sure to follow your progress on your blog!

Hank · 1 year ago

Interesting -- California is in EXACTLY the same boat. We had an unusual late frost that hit the vines and dropped fruit everywhere. But what remained enjoyed the most perfect ripening season in years, and the fruit is in fantastic shape because the frost did the vineyardists' thinning for them...