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Check out this timely article exerpted from Mark's monthly column in the October 2019 issue of Wine Business Monthly. Sign up today to receive free access to Wine Business Monthly's grower and vintner news. https://www.winebusiness.com/wbm/

The UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology would like to provide as much useful information as possible about the potential risk of smoke impact, from recent events on the West Coast, to grape growers and winemakers. To access the information go to: https://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/wildfire-and-smoke-exposure-resources

The ripening period is the home stretch of the growing season.  During this time, grape berries experience dramatic physical and chemical changes as they transition from hard, green, acidic, and unpalatable to soft, pigmented, sweet, and flavorful.  These changes and continued berry expansion draw heavily on internal vine resources, creating what has been termed crop stress.  After ripening begins, the viticultural focus is supplementing resources and protecting vines as needed to sustain their ripening functions.  Before turning our attention to ripening p