{"id":20673,"date":"2025-07-22T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/?p=20673"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:09:57","slug":"hail-a-very-painful-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/en\/news\/hail-a-very-painful-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail &#8211; a very painful sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20673\" class=\"elementor elementor-20673\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-512ecf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"512ecf7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-091af71\" data-id=\"091af71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95a0ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95a0ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20626\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-2-small-20250710_073122-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7807d03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7807d03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-016beb5\" data-id=\"016beb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cb86e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38cb86e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Summer is 100 % here and up to three weeks ago things were looking good. The vineyards were lush, bursting with vitality and &#8216;everything&#8217; felt in balance. We had had enough rain and the majority of the mechanical and manual work, such as training the vines into the trellises, had been completed. Then the 6th of July happened.<\/p><h3>Hail&#8230;&#8230;<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bc795a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bc795a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e46f4a\" data-id=\"8e46f4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f0d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27f0d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20624 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hail-1-small-20250709_112903-600x450.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/600;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1049715 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1049715\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9d58d9\" data-id=\"f9d58d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3651f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3651f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hail is one of the most feared weather phenomena in viticulture<\/h3><p>As you can see from the photos in just a few minutes, a hailstorm can wipe out an entire year&#8217;s work and present winegrowers with massive economic challenges.\u00a0<\/p><p>During his 25-year career, Christof has never seen such extensive damage as this in his own vineyards. In the past hail damage has been limited to individual vineyards on a small scale but on July 6, 2025 this changed. A hail storm swept between the villages of Purbach and Winden and 70% of our vineyards were hit. Depending on the location, between 10% and 40% of the berries were damaged.<\/p><h3><b>Immediate damage<\/b><\/h3><p>Hailstones cause mechanical damage to vines, leaves and grapes and have a particularly devastating effect during the growing season, when the shoots are still soft and the grapes are ripening.\u00a0<\/p><p>In these pictures from our vineyard &#8216;Au\u00dfere Glauberinzer&#8217; the ice projectiles have clearly broken off shoots, torn and punctured leaves and broken open berries. These wounds become entry points for fungal diseases such as gray mold or vinegar rot. Now significant care and attention is needed to ensure the uninjured berries can develop to their full potential and to make the most of what is left. Over the next weeks the more severely damaged (now brown) berries will fall off after drying out from the effects of sun and wind and this we expect will reduce the upcoming harvest by at least 20%.\u00a0<\/p><p>It is a blessing the hailstones were not large enough to damage the woody vine as this would also impact the next season. In that sense we are fortunate but there is no denying this hurts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d1e744 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d1e744\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb6db74\" data-id=\"eb6db74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f70a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17f70a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20630 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250709_113815-600x450.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/600;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d606729 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d606729\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93c6cb6\" data-id=\"93c6cb6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7b139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c7b139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20628 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hoepler.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_074037-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is 100 % here and up to three weeks ago things were looking good. 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