Pics from a few days ago - now they’re “before” photos.
On Friday evening every vine and tree on every farm in the village was destroyed by a hailstorm.
Don’t have the heart for follow-up photography. Haven’t even begun to assess the damage. #viticulture 🌱
On Friday evening every vine and tree on every farm in the village was destroyed by a hailstorm.
Don’t have the heart for follow-up photography. Haven’t even begun to assess the damage. #viticulture 🌱
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pics from a few days ago - now they’re “before” photos.
On Friday evening every vine and tree on every farm in the village was destroyed by a hailstorm.
Don’t have the heart for follow-up photography. Haven’t even begun to assess the damage. #viticulture 🌱
On Friday evening every vine and tree on every farm in the village was destroyed by a hailstorm.
Don’t have the heart for follow-up photography. Haven’t even begun to assess the damage. #viticulture 🌱
It's called veraison, look it up
August 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's called veraison, look it up
July 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Grenache vines @popelouchum.bsky.social of a late summer afternoon. Veraison maybe a month away.
June 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Grenache vines @popelouchum.bsky.social of a late summer afternoon. Veraison maybe a month away.
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August 3, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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The same storms struck so many farms in the region. But on our lot we grow a motley collection of rare grapes, so these few survivors escaped just by flowering a bit later.
They’re just demonstration varietals - not enough volume here to make a large bucket of juice. #viticulture 🌱
They’re just demonstration varietals - not enough volume here to make a large bucket of juice. #viticulture 🌱
August 31, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The same storms struck so many farms in the region. But on our lot we grow a motley collection of rare grapes, so these few survivors escaped just by flowering a bit later.
They’re just demonstration varietals - not enough volume here to make a large bucket of juice. #viticulture 🌱
They’re just demonstration varietals - not enough volume here to make a large bucket of juice. #viticulture 🌱
It's called veraison look it up
July 14, 2024 at 11:50 PM
It's called veraison look it up
Prodigious Cinsault clusters at Popelouchum at mid- veraison. We’re still 45 days out.
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Prodigious Cinsault clusters at Popelouchum at mid- veraison. We’re still 45 days out.
Où en est le raisin ?
On voit des graines vérées* "sans les chercher"
#StadePhénologique : début véraison* 🎉
*Véraison : moment où les grappes changent de couleur (vert-->rouge et vert opaque-->jaune translucide ou doré pour raisin blanc)
On voit des graines vérées* "sans les chercher"
#StadePhénologique : début véraison* 🎉
*Véraison : moment où les grappes changent de couleur (vert-->rouge et vert opaque-->jaune translucide ou doré pour raisin blanc)
July 31, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Où en est le raisin ?
On voit des graines vérées* "sans les chercher"
#StadePhénologique : début véraison* 🎉
*Véraison : moment où les grappes changent de couleur (vert-->rouge et vert opaque-->jaune translucide ou doré pour raisin blanc)
On voit des graines vérées* "sans les chercher"
#StadePhénologique : début véraison* 🎉
*Véraison : moment où les grappes changent de couleur (vert-->rouge et vert opaque-->jaune translucide ou doré pour raisin blanc)
Permitted some vines to follow their hearts, climb up into the trees. Result: grape bunches conveniently at eye-level. 🌱 #viticulture
September 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Permitted some vines to follow their hearts, climb up into the trees. Result: grape bunches conveniently at eye-level. 🌱 #viticulture
July 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#VisMaVieDeVigneron
Jour 211
"Car, en vérité, l'art y est, dans la nature, et celui qui d'un trait peut l'en faire sortir, il le tient."
Albrecht Dürer
#ColoreTonFil
#ColoreTaVigne
Jour 211
"Car, en vérité, l'art y est, dans la nature, et celui qui d'un trait peut l'en faire sortir, il le tient."
Albrecht Dürer
#ColoreTonFil
#ColoreTaVigne
July 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#VisMaVieDeVigneron
Jour 211
"Car, en vérité, l'art y est, dans la nature, et celui qui d'un trait peut l'en faire sortir, il le tient."
Albrecht Dürer
#ColoreTonFil
#ColoreTaVigne
Jour 211
"Car, en vérité, l'art y est, dans la nature, et celui qui d'un trait peut l'en faire sortir, il le tient."
Albrecht Dürer
#ColoreTonFil
#ColoreTaVigne
Veraison in the vines, when the grapes change colour. A walk around Château Bauduc yesterday evening - this is Merlot, much of it destined for our Rosé. #veraison #merlot #yearinthevineyard #bdx25
July 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Veraison in the vines, when the grapes change colour. A walk around Château Bauduc yesterday evening - this is Merlot, much of it destined for our Rosé. #veraison #merlot #yearinthevineyard #bdx25
Soon all the ditches will be adorned with Eryngium caucasicum/ლურჯი ნარი, as veraison has begun. 🌱 #NativePlants
July 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Soon all the ditches will be adorned with Eryngium caucasicum/ლურჯი ნარი, as veraison has begun. 🌱 #NativePlants
Ciliegiolo(under netting), about 3/4 the way through veraison. Genius grape, hiding in plain sight.
August 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ciliegiolo(under netting), about 3/4 the way through veraison. Genius grape, hiding in plain sight.
Young, head-trained (and netted) Ruchè vines @popelouchum.bsky.social just past veraison. We’ve adorned them with festive metallic streamers so birds can find them more readily.
August 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Young, head-trained (and netted) Ruchè vines @popelouchum.bsky.social just past veraison. We’ve adorned them with festive metallic streamers so birds can find them more readily.
These ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶ would have made the best rosé on the planet: Chkhaveri. Trialed extensively in this vineyard, and unique in this region!
A ruined first harvest for most of these vines, after several preliminary years of absurdly taxing work. 🌱 #viticulture
A ruined first harvest for most of these vines, after several preliminary years of absurdly taxing work. 🌱 #viticulture
September 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶ would have made the best rosé on the planet: Chkhaveri. Trialed extensively in this vineyard, and unique in this region!
A ruined first harvest for most of these vines, after several preliminary years of absurdly taxing work. 🌱 #viticulture
A ruined first harvest for most of these vines, after several preliminary years of absurdly taxing work. 🌱 #viticulture
A brief, reluctant before/after thread.
Trees make great shelters - but not from hurtling, icy buckshot. #hailstorm 🌱 🍇 #viticulture
Trees make great shelters - but not from hurtling, icy buckshot. #hailstorm 🌱 🍇 #viticulture
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A brief, reluctant before/after thread.
Trees make great shelters - but not from hurtling, icy buckshot. #hailstorm 🌱 🍇 #viticulture
Trees make great shelters - but not from hurtling, icy buckshot. #hailstorm 🌱 🍇 #viticulture
#VisMaVieDeVigneron
Jour 211
Et les Blancs me direz-vous ? Que se passe-t-il à la véraison ?🤔
Les graines deviennent translucides💁♀️
Votre verre de Beaujolais blanc se prépare 🥂
Jour 211
Et les Blancs me direz-vous ? Que se passe-t-il à la véraison ?🤔
Les graines deviennent translucides💁♀️
Votre verre de Beaujolais blanc se prépare 🥂
July 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#VisMaVieDeVigneron
Jour 211
Et les Blancs me direz-vous ? Que se passe-t-il à la véraison ?🤔
Les graines deviennent translucides💁♀️
Votre verre de Beaujolais blanc se prépare 🥂
Jour 211
Et les Blancs me direz-vous ? Que se passe-t-il à la véraison ?🤔
Les graines deviennent translucides💁♀️
Votre verre de Beaujolais blanc se prépare 🥂
I know veraison. “Can you hear me now? Good.”
August 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I know veraison. “Can you hear me now? Good.”
Viognier starting to take on translucency, marking the start of véraison…
😉🍇🫶🇪🇸
#vineyard #photography #viognier
😉🍇🫶🇪🇸
#vineyard #photography #viognier
July 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Viognier starting to take on translucency, marking the start of véraison…
😉🍇🫶🇪🇸
#vineyard #photography #viognier
😉🍇🫶🇪🇸
#vineyard #photography #viognier
🌱🍇 Above: a handsome Chkhaveri grape cluster; Jani grapes, infamously phylloxera prone; an unnamed white with unique-shaped fruit.
Below: more examples! Some literally, sadly, one-of-a-kind. #viticulture
Below: more examples! Some literally, sadly, one-of-a-kind. #viticulture
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🌱🍇 Above: a handsome Chkhaveri grape cluster; Jani grapes, infamously phylloxera prone; an unnamed white with unique-shaped fruit.
Below: more examples! Some literally, sadly, one-of-a-kind. #viticulture
Below: more examples! Some literally, sadly, one-of-a-kind. #viticulture
#365JoursChezDesVignerons
Jour 199
Véraison*enclenchée!
1er grain véré début juillet mais un des rares.
Le sec bloque le mûrissement.
Les 20 mm le 28/6 et ceux du 16/7 font effet
🎶 C'est que le début d'accord d'accord🎶
*les raisins changent de couleur
#ColoreTonFil #ColoreTaVigne
#gogamaygo
Jour 199
Véraison*enclenchée!
1er grain véré début juillet mais un des rares.
Le sec bloque le mûrissement.
Les 20 mm le 28/6 et ceux du 16/7 font effet
🎶 C'est que le début d'accord d'accord🎶
*les raisins changent de couleur
#ColoreTonFil #ColoreTaVigne
#gogamaygo
July 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#365JoursChezDesVignerons
Jour 199
Véraison*enclenchée!
1er grain véré début juillet mais un des rares.
Le sec bloque le mûrissement.
Les 20 mm le 28/6 et ceux du 16/7 font effet
🎶 C'est que le début d'accord d'accord🎶
*les raisins changent de couleur
#ColoreTonFil #ColoreTaVigne
#gogamaygo
Jour 199
Véraison*enclenchée!
1er grain véré début juillet mais un des rares.
Le sec bloque le mûrissement.
Les 20 mm le 28/6 et ceux du 16/7 font effet
🎶 C'est que le début d'accord d'accord🎶
*les raisins changent de couleur
#ColoreTonFil #ColoreTaVigne
#gogamaygo