Vineyard notes: Spring cava 2020

Vineyard notes with Pere Guilera and flying poetics with Marta Guilera. We publish the first post of 2020: This 2020 is being a strange, difficult and uncertain year. With the arrival of spring the vineyards bloom! But the truth is that [[[ here in Penedès ]]] the vineyard is also suffering... The virulence of the mildew is wreaking real havoc and we will have to wait a little longer before being able to offer a definitive balance.

VINEYARD NOTES

Vineyards with great growth, green landscape, exuberant vegetation and excellent spring. We are in the flowering period and we need sunny and ventilated days; so that the flower set is good, especially the xarel lo, which is a variety that is sensitive to setting in times of high humidity and rain. This spring has been very rainy and during the months of April and May more than 212 liters/m2 have fallen. It corresponds to the sprouting and flowering period, a very delicate time due to the appearance of mildew.

As you can see in the photos, the mildew attack has been significant, and has affected both the grape and the branch. In our organic vineyards we can only use copper, and in a limited quantity. All the vegetation must be well wetted and have a low level of grape losses. At the same time, the vegetation must be protected from powdery mildew with sulfur. If this last week of May is sunny and windy, everything will be fine. Apart from the vineyard, the pomegranates also flourish, some fruit trees in regression that we have recovered. As of January 1, 2020, 460 liters have fallen, when the annual median is approximately 550 liters/m2. Lots of water and a month of May with high temperatures.

FLYING POETICS

One day he will explain to me that the flower of the cep is not gaire spectacular. No cal que ho followed, em deia! Because the wine is autopol·linitza and does not need to attract insects showing its most beautiful coast. The story will captivate me at the moment and will show me a more intelligent behavior. Em va fer think of a dels meus trios & quartets de nenes [[[ how cooler than anyone ]]] ens autofelicitem.

And it's that all there that donis to your mateixa will not calm that you doni the rest of the people. I això està molt bé. Because as a species we are social fins to the core, but I think that we also have to strive to be more self-sufficient. Taking care of a mate is a responsibility and connecting with the dins is one of the best pleasures. With most of the worthwhile things, it requires patience. Here is the value of the temps.

The flower of the cep is very discreet, yes. Però avui he gaudit d'un moment delicíós, gentilesa de discreet i the wind. A plugim of green flowers, tiny and cute, with a pinypon of my time! But we are not the vuitanta; It's 2020. I think it's time to rethink the look and see him more there. Remember that everyone comes with a series beer, that thinking is free and that imagination is not free. Com deien el Patrick i l'Aretha: RESPECT & Yamasnä.

CAVA IS CULTURE

Aretha Franklin [[[ RESPECT 1968 ]]]

Patrick Swyaze [[[ Dirty Dancing 1987 ]]]