Lion's Roar

 (I asked Bruno Corneaux, our winemaker, to tell us a little about what's going on right now in the Vineyard and Winery, and here's the first part of his response.)

We are about three weeks away from veraison, when the color starts to increase in the grape skins. The season has been perfect with more rain than usual this spring, providing good soil moisture for the new growth, an even budbreak with a very even development of the grapes.    Therefore we have seen milder temperatures during the first part of the growing season leading to slower growth with bloom about a week later than usual. The first part of the summer has been warm so far so the date of veraison will tell us if the growth caught up or if we are still behind.