Summer-time summer-time summ summ summe...oh, wait...still winter? Snow in October.

SNOW.


An old Greytonian (not at all like an old Etonian in any way other than they both do a bit too much of the arm wagging Anglican thing which was so superbly illustrated by Eddie Izzard) told me, last May, that Greyton is likely to have snow in any month of the year but never in more than three in one year.

2007...May, June, July, August, September, October...that makes six. It has been a cold, colder and one of the coldest winters. Not wet like the rest of the Southern Cape, just cold.


The big "bummer" is the length of the Chardonnay shoots. The size of the newly formed bunches. What does cold do to new growth. Shorten the nodal lengths. Cause the basil buds to move backwards. Decrease harvest in the coming years.


The growth cycle for this season may be completely wonky after all the money spent on the nasty wee bud-break chemicals. All of the work may well fall afoul of this cold spring. No Frost, but snow...which properties do snow and frost share…hmmm...water...cold...tenacity...stick-to-itive-ness...lets just cross our fingers and hope for the...no...no hoping...Call the chemical rep and the viticultural genius...Andrew Teubes.


Time’s wasting.


More soon...

with, love,

Jake