Buds are getting bigger

Pinot Noir

Albarino

Chardonnay getting started?

Solaris

Rondo

 

But there's no real sign of life just yet. Meanwhile, the one in the polytunnel is in full leaf and stretching already. Big difference. 

Genetic analysis pinpoints origins of viticulture

If grapes came to Europe in the neolithic period, they must have come with the farming communities of Ceide Fields. Not that they would have survived for 11,000 years, but there might be some progeny around.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8655 

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6617