Brendan, who has a small vineyard he recently planted with Rondo in Aughagower, came to see us again this week with four friends. We walked the land and talked about how to naturalise and how to prune vines. I showed them the winery operation and offered Bredan the use of the equipment when he eventually gets a crop. They were very nice gents. We'll be going over to visit Brendan before he returns to NZ on Wednesday.
I'm trying to get the monthly data for June analysed, but the Met Eireann website's Monthly Data page is not working. I did write to them to ask if they're having a problem. We apparently have another heatwave on the way, but it doesn't feel like it at the moment. The US East Coast is burning up with temps into the 100s and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence events being cancelled.
Alex sprayed the vineyard preemptively today. We had signs of early mildew infestation. He used an "organically approved" mix of 4g potassium bicarb, 2g Curenox, 1ml Castille soap per litre as directed by Andrew Watson. Let's hope it works. Now we have to get cracking on the pruning.
