GATHERING OF GRAPES.Byline: The Register-Guard Oregon's wine grape harvest is in full swing as vineyards reap the benefits of a long, sunny summer and mild start to autumn To Autumn is a poem written by English Romantic poet John Keats in 1819 (published 1820). Keats was inspired to write To Autumn after walking through the water meadows of Winchester, England, in an early autumn evening of 1819. . Workers have fanned out across the state's more than 700 vineyards, including the RainSong Winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker near Cheshire, snipping away at clusters of deep purple, red and golden-green fruit for a harvest that could top last year's 23,450 tons by 30 percent. Harvest season is the only time of year that the family-operated RainSong brings in extra hands to help on their 8 1/2 -acre vineyard vineyard, land on which cultivation of the grape—known as viticulture—takes place. As many as 40 varieties of grape, Vitis vinifera, are known. . Owners Michael and Merry Fix said the warm weather produced an excellent grape crop, especially the signature pinot noir noir adj. 1. Of or relating to the film noir genre. 2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings. 3. Suggestive of danger or violence. . Barney Watson, an enology instructor at Chemeketa Community College's Northwest Viticulture Center in Salem, said grape clusters this year appear to be significantly larger. "It's been a good season. The fruit quality looks high," Watson said. And with sunny and warmer weather predicted for early next week, the harvest should wrap up without any problems from mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. or moisture. |
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