Taste Grapes Before Harvest - Checks Maturity of Merlot

[KhmerSerey1]

You'll fine blueberry farm in oregon state,there are many blueberry farm outside the oregon capitol of salem,i haven't seen one in california ;))

[mroconnell]

hehe, this is actually in France. And they're just grapes that look sort of blue.

[thekidviciouz]

Are u tresspassing???llollololo

[mroconnell]

hehe, no, I'm allowed. But I have been known to ignore some statutes for the sake of a good youtube video.

[MountainGirl78]

I enjoyed your video.

[mroconnell]

Thanks so much. I've been trying to make a good popup card for a while and it looks like you've got it down. I'll let you know if/when I finally make a cool one.

[MountainGirl78]

Maybe you can make a card with grapes on it. That would be cute.

[oneacrewine]

Hi mroconnell

The video is very informative, and the clusters look really good. It is a good point that sometimes we can pull the berry samples from the same location on the cluster. It is also a good description of some of the flavors that you get from the seeds that indicate the harvest is near. About how old are the vines ? How long after this video did you harvest ? We harvested today.

Thanks very much for mentioning my site at the end.

Dave

One Acre

[mroconnell]

Thanks, Dave!

The vine I'm in front of is supposedly 28 years old. But I just got the vineyard in '04 so don't know for sure. But it acts like a plant that age.

We ended up harvesting this Merlot last Saturday (October 4-6). It came in right around 14.5-15 potential alcohol.

I'm happy to hear you're harvesting too and I look forward to the videos!