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Viticultural References

• Vine Genetics: My guide to understanding vine genetics.
• The Big Book of Tendings: Tendings for many vines.
• The Little Book of Tendings: Tendings for the known vine phenotypes.
• Phenotype Table: An incomplete list of crossbred grape vines.

Vineyards

Vineyard 1: Fat Sagging Rustling Wilting Shimmer Shrivel Musty Wilting Shrivel Wilting Wilting Sagging Shrivel Sagging Wilting Shrivel Fat Rustling Musty Rustling Sagging Sagging Wilting Sagging Shimmer Musty Sagging Shimmer

Vineyard 2: Shrivel Musty Musty Sagging Shimmer Shrivel Shrivel Rustling Musty Fat Fat Sagging Rustling Rustling Shrivel Musty Musty Wilting Wilting Fat Shrivel Shimmer Sagging Sagging Shrivel Wilting

Vineyard 3: Sagging Shimmer Wilting Sagging Rustling Shimmer Wilting Shimmer Shimmer Fat Shimmer Musty Sagging Shrivel Rustling Sagging Shimmer

Vineyard 4: Sagging Rustling Wilting Shrivel Fat Sagging Musty Musty Musty Shimmer Shrivel Musty Wilting Sagging Musty Wilting Shrivel Sagging Shrivel Musty Shrivel Sagging

Vineyard 5: Rustling Musty Rustling Fat Sagging Shimmer Musty Rustling Shrivel Shimmer Shrivel Fat Shimmer Musty Sagging Wilting Musty Musty Sagging Musty Fat Shrivel Shrivel Sagging

Vineyard 6: Wilting Rustling Shimmer Shimmer Shrivel Sagging Sagging Musty Rustling Rustling Musty Sagging Fat Wilting Rustling Shrivel Rustling Sagging Shrivel Musty Shimmer

Wines

Astral Winery First Press, Vintage 8 Red Casked: 8/26/2006 23:45 Year 1, Shemu I-3 Cask M1

Vine	Acid	Color	Grapes	Quality	Skin	Sugar	Vigor
Balance	20	34	52	69	58	60	2
Contemplation	12	34	28	131	166	13	7
TOTAL	17.2	34.0	80.0	90.7	95.8	43.6

Astral Macon, Vintage 8 White Casked: 8/27/2006 11:15 Year 1, Shemu I-4 Cask M2

Vine	Acid	Color	Grapes	Quality	Skin	Sugar	Vigor
Amusement	4	38	65	54	18	37	1
Appreciation	38	24	46	197	22	29	4
TOTAL	18.1	32.2	111.0	113.3	19.7	33.7

Astral Chianti, Vintage 8 White Casked: 8/27/2006 11:25 Year 1, Shemu I-4 Cask M3

Vine	Acid	Color	Grapes	Quality	Skin	Sugar	Vigor
Appreciation	38	12	2	197	22	29	4
Distraction	12	38	161	59	43	27	1
Wisdom	25	21	26	38	94	32	4
TOTAL	14.1	35.4	189.0	57.6	49.8	27.7

Astral - Vega Light Red 9/12/2006 23:00 Year 1, Shemu II-18 5:45 PM M4

Vine	Acid	Color	Grapes	Quality	Skin	Sugar	Vigor
Contemplation	15	41	58	106	147	12	2
Contemplation	0	33	59	108	176	11	2
Frivolity	83	106	15	28	34	101	2
Contemplation	27	51	58	134	141	18	2
TOTAL	19.4	46.7	190	109.0	145.3	20.5

Astral - Grape Juice #1 Light Red 38973.0 Year 1, Shemu II-18, 6:00 pm M9

Vine	Acid	Color	Grapes	Quality	Skin	Sugar	Vigor
Frivolity	45	45	17	10	11	84	1
Frivolity	56	20	11	23	25	59	2
TOTAL	49.3	35.2	28	15.1	16.5	74.2

Sampled 9/12/2006 11:10 pm (Vintage 9, Age 0)
Overflowing with flavors of Peach (high)/Tree Fruit (low).
A light dessert wine.
The wine has just a hint of character.