Repost from the SCM/SCV Blog
Posted 28 January 2010
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Dave has a good write up that mentions us and the use of foil: http://scmwine.blogspot.com/2010/01/curses-foiled-again.html
Read moreOn Line Wine Tasting Feb 11th.
Posted 24 January 2010
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Rick Bakas of St Supery winery has organized a virtual wine tasting of California Cabernets for Thursday February 11th. Information and...
Read moreSt Vincent’s Day
Posted 23 January 2010
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We still have lots of rain and the moon is now out of cycle so we’ve stopped pruning. Not much going on for us right now in the vineyards...
Read moreInventory and Sales Update
Posted 22 January 2010
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It’s that time of year to take inventory and figure out taxes. Most of the time I do pretty good on allocations and we don’t have a...
Read moreFinishing Up at Chaine d’Or
Posted 17 January 2010
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How cold was it when we left after coffee this morning? So cold I couldn’t keep the camera straight. It was 42 when we left the house...
Read moreRain Rain Rain
Posted 16 January 2010
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We have storm front after storm front scheduled to come in this next week. Kind of a bummer for us. I have a three day weekend and we were going...
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The Haut Tubee
Posted 14 January 2010
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Saturday night when we finally got home from our long day I checked email before bed. I wondered why we would have gotten 7 new sign ups on a...
Read morePruning at Chaine d’Or and Double Days
Posted 11 January 2010
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Saturday morning we lounged in bed until about 9 AM reading the paper and drinking coffee. We decided to go easy on the mornings this weekend and...
Read moreThe Church
Posted 09 January 2010
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A few years ago the Catholic church around the corner from us got all new landscaping. One of the things installed was a little vineyard of 20...
Read moreOn to the Backyard the Original Haut Tubee
Posted 07 January 2010
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These vines are what we’ve left in the backyard. Originally there were 20 vines packed in. We’ve thinned it down to 8 and last year...
Read moreThe New Mourvedre Vines Get Pruned
Posted 06 January 2010
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Stefania wanted to prune the twenty five new Mourvedre vines herself, so I took the pictures. The vines are one year old and at this stage require...
Read morePruning the Haut Tubee Vineyard
Posted 05 January 2010
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Today Stefania and I started with coffee in bed and some oatmeal, then off to the gym for an hour workout. The first full moon of the year was...
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