Do you know what the life cycle of a grapevine is?
🙋🏻♀️Vines only actually grow for about eight months of the year.
🌿Spring
In the springtime, the vine wakens from its winter slumber. Little brown buds on the bare wooden parts of the vine burst open, forming tiny green shoots.
As the spring weather gets warmer, a canopy of leaves starts to form as the green shoots continue to grow.
Like many other fruits, these little grapes will start to swell and ripen in the warmth and sunlight of the summer months. Eventually, they’ll start to change colour and begin to take on a more familiar appearance.
🍂Autumn
In Autumn, the grapes have ripened sufficiently to have developed the right amount of colour, flavour, acid, tannin and, importantly, sugar. Once the grapes are ripe, it’s harvest time.