jamie goode's wine blog: My vines are flowering!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

My vines are flowering!

For the last few days my back-garden vines (Bacchus, Phoenix and Pinot Noir) have been flowering. We've had brilliantly settled warm weather, too, which is so important during this process, and which means that fruit set will probably be quite good.

The pictures show what grape vine flowers look like. They're small and not terribly pretty. You can see that some of the flowers still have their 'hats' on, while others are fully open. Vitis vinifera, the species of vine that wine as we know it is made from, has what are known as 'perfect' flowers, with both male and female bits in the same flower structure.

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At 6:12 PM, Blogger Greg said...

Anthesis is much later where you are than where I am (CA). My grape (Petit Sirah, I think) bloomed on May 8th. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghirson/3514220498/

Keep us informed of their progress!

Greg

 
At 2:03 AM, Blogger Alex said...

Most importantly, do you have a brand name yet for the finished product?!

 
At 2:56 AM, Blogger Les amoureuses ????? said...

Hi,Jamie
My name Hammer Huang
(From Taiwan).
One of your loyal readers !

My vines were flowering about two months ago! Likewise,I took a lot photos during that time.
(http://blog.udn.com/hammerhuang/2824963)
I had introduced the flowering process to my readers like you, " You can see that some of the flowers still have their 'hats' on, while others are fully open" but in Chinese version.

 

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