2026 Harvest: A Year of Contrasts in the Douro
The 2026 growing season brought very different conditions to the Douro Valley vineyards. After a rainy winter, spring and summer were marked by high temperatures and little rainfall. The heat...
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On February 2nd 2012 I have posted an article with a video about how to graft grapevines. After grating hundreds of vines and three and a half months on, the first shoots and now showing up. It is still a very tender shoot, but if it has enough humidity around the roots it will prosper.
If you look carefully at the photo, you will see that one of the leaves is dry, likely due to frost. But fortunately, the second bud also broke and this vine may be safe!
Oscar