Véraison is a French term of viticulture, let's start from there. The story is long and quite romantic. There is a reason why it gave its name to this publication, and it is very meaningful to me. But first, let's go to the vineyard, mingle among the vines, and understand this term. The story will weave itself.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Hello, spring!</h2>When the date shows March-April in the Northern hemisphere, budding begins in the vineyard. Although the exact dates vary from vineyard to vineyard, these are the most common intervals. So I will say early March, you can say mid-March if you wish. But the cycle will revolve around the average dates I will share. Let's read the following lines with this in mind.Yes, spring is the season. The first color comes in spring. Usually, when the average daily temperature exceeds 10°C, the buds burst open like a harbinger of spring. We can think of this as the beginning of the growth period. We can even think of it as sleeping during winter and waking up in the spring. Buds appear, and greens appear. Then these buds swell and swell. Then boom! They burst. In the illustrations below, I have shared the situation before and after the explosion.These bud bursts turn into new and young shoots. These young shoots continue to grow until May turns into June, until summer shows itself. The leaves are developing, the green color intensity in the vineyard is increasing. And around June, flower formation (flowering) begins. The transition from spring to summer, the period from budding to flowering, is when the vine grows the fastest. The process changes from one vineyard to another, from one end of the vine to the other, but the growth is always fast. I share the flowering in the illustrations below, again before and after.Doesn't it look just like a bunch of grapes? They themselves will grow and become grape clusters in the future. The flowers will turn into grapes and the grains will be counted one by one. Every grape's formation and transformation process is different. Therefore, there are no deadlines.The flowers have turned into grapes, the grape berries have formed, now we can see the cluster. It is forming. If we try to taste it, it's a bitter, very very sour taste! Sugar hasn't come on the scene yet because the grape has very high acidity.Then comes summer, and just before fall, the magic season begins: véraison. The word is French for a period in viticulture. It's when the grape berries change color and become speckled. When you look at a cluster, it's as if you see a speckled pattern. You can imagine speckles like in the illustration below.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/2/1660643239195.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.41" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Our story is not limited to color change. A colorful riot outside, sour and sweet inside. But what happens inside the grape during this transformation? What storms are brewing?With the longer days of summer and the sunlight, an energy is released. With this energy, the acid in the grape breaks down and sugar comes on the scene. The sour-bitter taste of grapes is replaced by more complex flavor components and sugar. Chemical reactions work their magic and ripening begins. The grape finds its own taste, smell, and color. It turns back to itself, transforms. The color that makes Öküzgözü "Öküzgözü", the white floral notes of Narince which is the pride of Tokat, and the spices of Shiraz start to take their place in this period!<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/2/1660643274375.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.41" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Before / After / After / Even after that<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Now, I'll share some real images from last year's véraison, as seen through the eyes of Selçuk Uzanır.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/2/1660643303197.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.00" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/2/1660643316746.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.00" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/2/1660643328834.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.00" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">A little romance</h2>Let's talk about the feeling it evokes in me. This change and transformation are the reason I call Véraison the most fascinating time of the vine's annual life cycle. As the grapes get mottled, moles fall on them. And actually, in Turkish, my maternal language, “mole” and “me” are homonyms. So, to me, as they get moles, they become “me.” I understand it as a period of "becoming me" like finding and discovering oneself. That's why I think it is the most fascinating period of the vine's life cycle.For me, the meaning of the word Véraison is also huge in my own life cycle, and I even have it tattooed on my arm. It represents the period when I am me and reminds me that transformation is always present. The title of this publication comes both from this magical period in the vineyard and from my own journey. A journey of transformation, growing with your surroundings, and becoming whole. Just like the vine. The logo is actually a bit of time, a bit of transformation, a bit of "me". The logo was created by Ester, fortunately.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/2/1660643367814.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="6.04" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">

Veraison

The period of Véraison

<h4 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Veraison is a wine magazine that finds a place for wine on every table because it believes that wine isn't exclusively meant for fancy tables with white tablecloths.</h4><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">🍷 September, the Month of HarvestLet's start with what harvest is. Harvest is the last period of time that grapes are spending in the vineyard, also it's the birthday of the wine. It's the last period of time that grapes are spending in the vineyard because it is the time they are cut from the branches -in other words being harvested. Although this time period has shifted -and is still shifting-&nbsp;due to climate change, the grapes are harvested around mid-August-September in the Northern Hemisphere.Harvest is the birthday of the wine. Because the next stop after the vineyard is the winery where the production process begins. Harvest always reminds me of both the end and the beginning, both death and birth. When the grapes leave the vineyard, it's like an end; when the vine turns from green to brown, it's like death.&nbsp;(The vine doesn't die in the winter, of course, it sleeps.) When the grapes leave the vineyard and enter the winery, it's like a beginning; when the grapes turn into wine, it's like a birth. In fact, the year of the harvest is the vintage. So, harvest year = year of the yield = vintage. The year written on the front of the label of the wine bottle is the vintage of that wine, and it says&nbsp;"The grapes in this bottle were harvested this year",&nbsp;in other words, "The wine was born on this year."<p contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-wrapper fr-deletable" fr-original-style="text-align:center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><a bgcolor="#000000FF" color="#FFFFFFFF" contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-link" fr-original-style="background-color:#000000FF !important;color:#fafbfc !important" href="https://aposto.com/i/september-the-month-of-harvest" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; color: rgb(250, 251, 252) !important; text-decoration: none; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Read more</a><p contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-wrapper fr-deletable" fr-original-style="text-align:center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><a bgcolor="#000000FF" color="#FFFFFFFF" contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-link" fr-original-style="background-color:#000000FF !important;color:#fafbfc !important" href="https://aposto.com/n/veraison-en" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; color: rgb(250, 251, 252) !important; text-decoration: none; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Subscribe</a>

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Let's start with what harvest is. Harvest is the last period of time that grapes are spending in the vineyard, also it's the birthday of the wine. It's the last period of time that grapes are spending in the vineyard because it is the time they are cut from the branches -in other words being harvested. Although this time period has shifted -and is still shifting-&nbsp;due to climate change, the grapes are harvested around mid-August-September in the Northern Hemisphere.Harvest is the birthday of the wine. Because the next stop after the vineyard is the winery where the production process begins. Harvest always reminds me of both the end and the beginning, both death and birth. When the grapes leave the vineyard, it's like an end; when the vine turns from green to brown, it's like death.&nbsp;(The vine doesn't die in the winter, of course, it sleeps.) When the grapes leave the vineyard and enter the winery, it's like a beginning; when the grapes turn into wine, it's like a birth. In fact, the year of the harvest is the vintage. So, harvest year = year of the yield = vintage. The year written on the front of the label of the wine bottle is the vintage of that wine, and it says&nbsp;"The grapes in this bottle were harvested this year",&nbsp;in other words, "The wine was born on this year."<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">In practice</h3>This is a magical season. It's as if a whole year's worth of labor is hidden in those bunches you cut. The vine is in transformation for a whole year in the vineyard. The first news and the first color comes in the spring. When the March-April comes in the Northern Hemisphere, a budding begins, like a messenger of spring. We can think of this as the beginning of the growth period. Buds appear, green colors appear. Then these buds swell and swell until they burst. These burst buds turn into new and young shoots. These young shoots continue to grow until May gives way to June. The leaves are developing, the green color in the vine is spreading. And around June, flower formation (flowering) begins. Then the flowers turn into grapes, the grape berries form; now we can see the cluster.Then comes summer and the magic period: véraison.&nbsp;The time when the grape berries change color and become speckled with spots.The next step is the ripening and harvesting of the grapes. The grapes have been growing all year, the result of all the work in the vineyard is hidden in the harvest period -which is now. The grapes that have reached the required ripeness are cut with harvest shears. The cut grape clusters are put into crates. From the crates they go to the trucks, and from there to the winery.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592324465.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.79" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592336957.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.78" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592348923.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.78" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592362376.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.81" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592370778.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.81" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592387143.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.78" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Every year the weather conditions&nbsp;- rain, wind, sun, water - determine how the grapes turn out. Whatever happened in the sky that year, we see its effect on the grapes. That's why each year brings a different story and each story brings a different harvest.<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">In theory&nbsp;</h3>Sacredness has been attached to the grape throughout history. It is magical how the vine leaves its greens in winter, and then blooms and blossoms again in spring. I think the sanctity attributed to wine comes from this magical cycle. It is an endless cycle, it's never ending. The concept of time comes to my mind again. Grapes are formed, they ripen, they are harvested. Time passes, transformation happens, but nothing disappears. I visualize an hourglass that keeps turning over.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/1/1663592529754.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.51" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">I want to use the word abundance&nbsp;here. What I felt most when I stepped on the soil in the vineyard was abundance. There are so many grapes around; months ago there were none, and each one will give way to the next. This cycle is very stable. People change, climates change, structures change, but this cycle is always the same. The earth is always giving. Every year, every time. It is like eternity. I think that's why I feel the abundance.&nbsp;The vintage is a process that is done together. That's where the festival atmosphere comes from. Those grapes are cut together and celebrated together. What is celebrated is labor and fertility; the labor of human beings and the fertility of the soil. So the harvest is not just about cutting grapes; it is a hello to the results of labor and what the land gives. For this reason, it is celebrated with festivities in many places. They say goodbye to the period that has ended, and hello&nbsp;to the new period that will begin.

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