Vitiblog

Source : Rouge-Bleu

A spot of mildiou burned by copper. Can you see it ?

Dear wine lovers,

After the heavy rains in May and early June, heat is back here. Since the soils are still humid and that the Mistral is not here to dry, we now have the worst conditions for getting mildiou, a fungus that can affect the leafs and eventually the grapes.

To cope with this potential loss of precious grapes (They are rare here since our vines are old and yields already very low), it is necessary to prevent rather than trying to heal. I have started spraying copper 6 weeks ago when there was no mildiou and, even if we do have some spots in our vines, I think we have limited the contamination [..]