I only learned about this species this year. Just like a car that you recently bought, now I am seeing them everywhere. I was particularly happy to see they're willing and able to tackle a Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, since those are grapevine sapsuckers.
Grapes are vigorous, to understate the case, they can lose a lot of sap without noticing. But as a farmer you want to know there are limits to how much sap sucking is happening. Now I know.
Another beautiful reason to stay away from pesticides, this moth found at our vineyard. Meanwhile, the growth in the vineyard has been spectacular. We'll have at least eleven LaBelle vines on the 6' high cordon wire this year. Four or five Monastery Muscat, a few Jupiter and
Style: off dry Varietal: Chenin Blanc, plus 15% Sèmillon and a splash of white muscat Source: Paradisos del Sol, Zillah, WA, Paul Vandenberg Initial brix: 22 Initial pH: 3.4 Ingredients & Additives 85% Chenin 15% Semillon Preparation & Procedure Crushed and destemmed 2025-09-07 Topped once with muscat.
Life is absolutely popping in the vineyard right now. I saw a pretty lupine and went in for a closer picture, only to discover a grasshopper hidden within the inflorescence. After that I started noticing quite the community of tiny , cute green creatures.
People say grapevines are "weeds" but my experience has been mixed. Many of my young transplants have struggled to gain a foothold. Quite the opposite result with this LaBelle vine that I transplanted as a mature plant. Between that success and the first blooms from my Drouhin Zephirine
