Veraison, the term for grape ripening, is underway in Wisconsin for some wine grape varieties. And growers are starting to test the grapes on the vine to make sure they’re harvested at just the right time. Aimee Arrigoni is the vineyard manager at Bailey’s Run Vineyard in New Glarus. She says there’s definitely science at play when it comes to growing wine grapes and testing them for the correct amount of sugars ahead of harvest. She also watches the research and development happening at universities on vineyard technology and grape varieties. But in the New Glarus vineyard, she says she’s happy about this year’s crop after they avoided some early frost issues and found timely rain during the growing season. Some other good news at Bailey’s Run is that they just opened their new distillery, Whiskey Run.

Veraison, the term for grape ripening, is underway in Wisconsin for some wine grape varieties. And growers are starting to test the grapes on the vine to make sure they’re harvested at just the right time. Aimee Arrigoni is the vineyard manager at Bailey’s Run Vineyard in New Glarus. She says there’s definitely science at play when it comes to growing wine grapes and testing them for the correct amount of sugars ahead of harvest. She also watches the research and development happening at universities on vineyard technology and grape varieties. But in the New Glarus vineyard, she says she’s happy about this year’s crop after they avoided some early frost issues and found timely rain during the growing season. Some other good news at Bailey’s Run is that they just opened their new distillery, Whiskey Run.

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