I had planned to be out in the Pinot grigio vines early this morning; testing sugar and finalising a plan for harvest. But no, I woke up to the pitter-patter of not so tiny raindrops. Today's forecast, for the Bay Area on the news last night, was for a small amount of cloud cover first thing in the morning, with the possibility of sprinkles at the coast. (Which begs the question: Why don't meteorologists ever get fired?) Hmmph!
Vinodog 2 and I went for our morning constitutional and got a bit soggy. My ever-happy poochie didn't actually seem to care about the rain, but I did. The grapes will be fine. They look very healthy this year, so I don't envision any problems with secondary invaders, e.g., Aspergillus niger or Penicillium spp. The heatwave last weekend did not seem to have a negative effect on the clusters. Still, rain, this early in the season, is such a bunch of rot!
On another note, yesterday was Vinsanity's 9th anniversary. Forgot all about it, I'll celebrate tonight. Whoo hoo!
