Norm has a trailer fetish. He is always admiring various sorts of utility trailers, and already has quite a collection.He has a Teardrop Travel Trailer that he built 35 years ago, which is how we met in 2004. But that’s another story, I also have a...
This is not a treatise on the chemistry of testing grapes and wine, but more of a litany of complaints on our limitations regarding this aspect of the process. As I have often mentioned, if I’d known there was so much chemistry involved in wine making, I...
Please become a follower of my Blog by clicking on the icon to the right.We are often asked how many pounds of grapes will we get from our vineyard, and how many bottles, gallons or cases of wine will they make? Here are some stats, you’ll have...
The vineyard is a lot like a pregnant woman – nine months of work before the little babies are ready.- January we pre-pruned the vineyard and cleaned the owl box.- February we finished pruning.- March we began weed control and did some...
The Anti-Consumer Wine Bill. Our own Congressman Bob Filner (D0 of the 51st Congressional District is even a co-sponsor of this Bill aimed to derail and cause severe harm to small wineries in California, and just when we were getting on the...
One of our helpers last weekend working on putting up the bird netting with us, asked the question, “Do all vineyards have to put up bird netting?” The answer is no. In the wine growing valleys that have lots of acreage in grapes, like the...
