Most of the east coast is blanketed in snow today.ย Meanwhile, we finally got our southern California sunshine back — just in time to prune the syrah vines at Live Oak Vineyard. Mike Hoffman gave us a short tutorial on pruning for his vineyard; he already cut off the bulk of the canes, so we […]
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A group of my friends (some that also blog) agreed to get up and meet at our house at 6 am on Saturday to pick grapes.ย Amazingly, they all showed up early, and had some breakfast then headed out to Fallbrook.ย Most of the rest of the gang were already there, so we spent a […]
Got an email from Mike Hoffman this morning about the syrah โ theyโre at 23% brix and pH of 3.29 already!ย He said next weekend will be harvest time!!!!!
I saw a classified on the SDAWS site for local syrah grapes, and convinced Dave to go in on 500 lbs.ย Paul is also going to take 500 lbs to make at home.ย This syrah is grown at Live Oak Vineyard in Fallbrook, and we get to take part in harvest when the grapes are […]