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vines go as deep as twenty feet to seek out moisture that most field crops ** miss.
Last Saturday’s wine festival came at a time when the 1964 harvest could go either way, according to local winemakers.
Bob Harper, owner of Naked Mountain Vineyard in Markham, considered by many to be one of Virginia’s most knowledgeable winemakers, said that days of rain in late afternoon promote disease on grapes.
“It’s not so much the amount of rain that falls,” Harper said. “It’s the constant rainfall late in the day that keeps the grapes wet overnight and creates an ideal condition for fungus. ”
Harper said that the late spring, cool July and 10 days straight of evening showers are cause for concern. “We haven’t seen damage yet,” he said. “But we’re watching closely.”
One problem absent this year is bug damage - absent Harper thinks, because of several years of drought.
The Virginia Wineries Festival, last week, complete with grapestomping, music, crafts and wine judging, celebrates a tradition that many see as
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