{"id":2096,"date":"2019-07-17T16:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2019-07-17T16:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:35:57","slug":"grower-jeff-bitter-talks-about-veraison-in-his-vineyard-for-musto-wine-grape-company-winemakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/grower-jeff-bitter-talks-about-veraison-in-his-vineyard-for-musto-wine-grape-company-winemakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Grower Jeff Bitter talks about Veraison in his vineyard for Musto Wine Grape Company Winemakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It&#8217;s that time of year again! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our grapes are going through veraison in California. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Veraison occurs when the berry transitions into the ripening stage. From now forward the berry will increase in sugar concentration until it is harvested at the desired brix level. Grapes for sparkling wine or champagne are harvested around 17 brix and grapes for still wine are harvested around 25 brix. The brix level will determine the alcohol level in the wine. For example, a grape picked around 25 brix should create a 12.5% alch by volume wine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Check out our video with Grower &#8211; Jeff Bitter as he walks us through his vineyard, verasion, and what he has been working on in the vineyard thus far.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2019VeraisonJBitter\">Veraison in the Vineyard with Jeff Bitter for Musto Wine Grape Co. LLC.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/veraison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2097 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/veraison-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"jeff bitter_california wine grapes_winemaking_musto wine grape\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/veraison-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/veraison-768x525.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/veraison-1024x700.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/veraison.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Email Sales@Juicegrape.com or call 877-812.1137 for more details <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>about the 2019 Harvest!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again! Our grapes are going through veraison in California. Veraison occurs when the berry transitions into the ripening stage. From now forward the berry will increase in sugar concentration until it is harvested at the desired brix level. 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