Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Pinot Gris Against a Blue Sky


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The optimal grape-growing season is featured with frost-less spring, a long, warm, growing season, and good weather at harvest time. The long summer days provide the heat units that the grapes crave. Depending on the area, Pinot Gris grapes need anywhere from 1900 to 2500 Degree Days to mature. A Degree Day is the average temperature minus fifty degrees Fahrenheit. So a day with an average temperature of 71 degrees would have 21 Degree Days.

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