I doubt strong Bora and vine will ever be very good friends. Bora is one of nature features Vipava valley is known for. During winter on exposed areas it's gusts can reach about 200km/h, causing lots of damage. Unfortunately it can occur also during spring months. As it did at the beginning of May. Strongest Bora battered upper Vipava valley with gusts way over 100km/h, breaking branches and striping leaves from plants. On some exposed areas it looked quite terrifying after Bora ceased to blow. Vine is obviously quite hardy plant. After two weeks the situation in vineyards isn't as bad as it looked before. Fortunately new shoots were not too big, but alrerady strong enough they would suffer complete loss of their crop.
The growing season just started, it's hard to say how this year's vintage is going to turn out.
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