When to Pick?

By Brian Loring
Posted: Friday, October 06, 2006

One of the most difficult things a winemaker has to decide is when to pick fruit. It’s not just a matter of testing sugars and pH. Do you pick early, hoping to make a more elegant, structured, long.....

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