{"id":91,"date":"2007-09-03T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/03\/veraison-the-grapes-are-changing-color\/"},"modified":"2007-09-03T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T13:00:36","slug":"veraison-the-grapes-are-changing-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/03\/veraison-the-grapes-are-changing-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Veraison &#8211; The grapes are changing color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love watching my grape vines change over the course of a season. First they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/29\/bud-break\/\">break bud<\/a>, then they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/02\/siegerrebe-leafing-out\/\">leaf out<\/a>, later they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/16\/leon-millot-blooms-hoplia-beetles-feast\/\">flower<\/a>, after that they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/27\/leon-millot-from-flowers-to-fruit\/\">set fruit<\/a>. Each of these stages is exciting, and I&#8217;ve written about all of them. When the grapes change color from green black (or red or yellow), it&#8217;s sudden and dramatic and <em>visual<\/em>. So why don&#8217;t I stop writing about it and show you &#8230;<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pic\/20070818 - Pinot Noir veraison.jpg\" alt=\"A single dark grape in a cluster of green ones heralds veraison.\" title=\"Pinot Noir veraison on 8\/18\/2007\" vspace=\"10\" \/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s my Pinot Noir in the photo above. Here&#8217;s one I haven&#8217;t said much about, Price. It&#8217;s a seeded table grape. I wanted some table grapes to munch on. The grower I bought cuttings from and his son each had a favorite (Swenson Red and Price), and I got both of them.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pic\/20070818 - Price veraison.jpg\" alt=\"A few grapes, in two small loose clusters of green grapes, are turning red.\" title=\"Price veraison on 8\/18\/2007\" vspace=\"10\" \/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nThe Leon Millot is putting on a great show as well.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pic\/20070818 - Leon Millot veraison.jpg\" alt=\"Leon Millot veraison on 8\/18\/2007\" title=\"Leon Millot veraison on 8\/18\/2007\" vspace=\"10\" \/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nThe grapes will accumulate sugar as they ripen over the next month or so. Their acid profile will change, with the harsh malic acid giving way to grapes&#8217; signature tartaric acid. Then a happy wine maker will bring in his harvest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love watching my grape vines change over the course of a season. First they break bud, then they leaf out, later they flower, after that they set fruit. Each of these stages is exciting, and I&#8217;ve written about all of them. When the grapes change color from green black (or red or yellow), it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,38],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bonsai-vineyard","category-viticulture","tag-nad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}