It feels like fall is in the air and a quick check on the grapes showed that the sugars are rising and we should be on schedule to began picking the last weekend of Sept.     Both the Frontenac and Frontenac Gris had a Brix of 21 yesterday and the King of the North 20.    Our Ice wine grapes have been netted and I hope that will keep the birds away this year.     We also have 3 boomers in the vineyard and 3 kite like hawks that fly when the wind blows......so damage to the crop this yea...

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