Autumn walk

Let enjoy these days that still feel almost summer (about 25°C yesterday afternoon) and go for a walk within the Champagne region  bearing pretty colors

The "bouvreux" (small clusters of second generation) are still ripening

These temperatures bring fairly violent storms for the season with heavy rains. Almost 50mm of rain fell in two storms, Sunday and Tuesday.

Pretty clusters under the sun

Some pictures of grapes on a Sunday walk with the sun...

Pinot Meunier at "Chemins de Reims"

Pinot Meunier at "Jardin"

Chardonnay at "Jardin"

It's not ripen yet!

Let's enjoy the summer weather with a walk around while checking the vine and the grapes.

Disease pressure is still quite strong, but the vine is looking good. The grapes grow and have reached the stage of closure of the cluster and the cluster "hang".

Chardonnay at "Jardin"'s plot

Pinot Meunier

Some grape berries blush but do not indicate the date of the harvest unlike last year:

Pinot Meunier le 14 Août 2012

Some pictures of a Sunday walk in the sun of Champagne Region