Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Veraison on my Regent grapes, 2011

This looks like a Frankenbunch, but it's two overlapping bunches of my Regent grapes. Notice how some grapes are getting close to purple, while others are still green. Seemingly strange but entirely normal.
It helps explain the variation among the individual berries, at harvest time. Every grape in the cluster will be slightly different. For example, a berry located more towards the sun, or further towards the lower tip of the bunch, might be riper.

"Veraison" is a French word meaning "the onset of ripening," but it has also become a common English word. Technically, it is the transition from berry growth to berry ripening.


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