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HarvestReport2013 Rollin Soles of ROCO Winery and Argyle Winery dealt with the wet weather with Botrytis sprays and leaf stripping. Botrytis sprays at bloom and cluster close, and stripped ample leaves from clusters," said Rollin Soles of ROCO Winery and Argyle Winery. "These vineyards were able to ride out the extraordinary wet weather and physiologically ripened." For some, however, the storm brought about a near-perfect confluence of factors. "It was really ripe conditions for Botrytis and bunch rot," Horner said, "and the pressure had really been high almost from veraison on." He noted that sour rot, in particular, was a problem after the rainstorm. "A lot of crop was dropped before it was brought into the winery and there was a pretty intense selection once it got to the winery," he said. Spotted winged drosophila also presented problems in some areas, due to split berries. Mercifully, after the late September rains stopped, October provided dry weather – though few additional heat units accumulated – stretching out the harvest and allowing the fruit to dry out. While many had anticipated a shortened season due to the warmth of the me, vintage, for some, it ended up as eason. a prolonged season. "I've never ur seen nearly four and a half weeks g between picking north Willamette Valley pinot noir," said Jesse Lange of Lange Vineyards. "Wow." Despite the mid-September and own, October cool-down, the 2013 sead son still ended up being a warm . one in Oregon. "Getting to 2,100 heat units is a big deal for us," said eck grower David Beck of his CrawfordBeck Vineyard in the Eola-Amity ar 2 200 " Hills. "This year we had 2,200." Even so, Brix levels wound up being modest for most growers. "I've never seen that before," Peterson-Nedry noted. Chambers added, "I don't think I heard of any sugars over 23. Potential alcohols will be down in 2013." Some producers even chaptalized the fermenting juice – something that would have seemed unthinkable even a month earlier. "There's no way to hide the pallets of sugar Wine in Bulk • Grapes • Strategic Planning • Global Sourcing depui s 3 187 Established 1973 "This group of people really care about putting buyers that long-term relations are the best." Turrentine grapes + wine 7599 Redwood Boulevard, Suite 103 Novato, CA 94945 www.turrentinebrokerage.com 415.209.wine w w w. v w m m e d i a.com Saury, USA 1285 South Foothill Blvd. Cloverdale, CA 95425 Tel: 707.944.1330 info@sauryusa.com Saury, France The cooperage Le Bouyge 19600 St-Pantaléon-de-Larche Tel: +33 555 860 845 contact@saury.com J a n - Feb 2014 | www.saury.com V INE YA RD & W INE RY M A N A G EM EN T 53