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I just heard, through our very own Melissa Dobson, that it is snowing in the Finger Lakes today, with more snow expected tomorrow and later this week.
That means that there will be a LOT of harvesting today.
I'll keep you posted as I hear and learn more.
Posted by Lenn Thompson on October 21, 2008 | Permalink
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Ouch!
And... Brrrrr!!!!
Posted by: 1WineDude | October 21, 2008 at 01:41 PM
It's a hard frost that sends the machines and pickers into the field to finish up the harvest. Wet snow with temperatures at or above freezing like they are having today is something you wait out just as if it were rain. It's pretty hard to move your numbers in a favorable direction at this late date -- I would expect most of the Finger Lakes wine crop is already in the tank.
Posted by: John Sperr | October 21, 2008 at 02:43 PM
John: Melissa's contact up there, an assistant winemaker, told her that they will be accelerating their harvest because of the snow.
Posted by: Lenn | October 21, 2008 at 02:57 PM
Indeed, it is snowing in the Finger Lakes. I'm sitting here in Hammondsport, NY at the South end of Keuka Lake and it is snowing. I don't know how those grapes that are still on the vine are feeling but my toes are certainly freezing!
Posted by: Kristin | October 21, 2008 at 05:18 PM