Hello Lamorinda Winegrowers, Winemakers and Merry Wine Folk!
Our last meeting on Sunday June 3 was a great success. It was well
attended, including by several new members. Everyone seemed to enjoy
the sharing of wines and reconnecting. The talk and slide show on
irrigation and how to identify if your vines are over or under watered
was given by David Hicks, Daniel Howsepian and Gerard van Steyn.
Members kept the presenters busy with many questions, so hopefully
everyone left the meeting with information that can be applied to
improving their grapes and harvests.
If you missed the meeting, the presentation is attached. We encourage
you to review it, since walking your vineyard and monitoring the vines
for signs of under or overwatering is one of the most important things
a vineyard owner can do.
Next Meeting: White Wine Winners and Preventing Varmints from Eating
Your Grapes.
The next member meeting will be on Sunday July 28th, 3pm to 6pm at
Daniel and Anniemeke Howsepian’s house, 3345 Hermosa Way, Lafayette,
CA 94549
The white wine winners from our member’s choice wine rating event will
be pouring their wines and explaining how they were grown and made. We
will also be showing you how to easily install an inexpensive
temporary or permanent electric fence that turns on just at night and
will keep raccoons, skunks and other animals from eating all of your
grapes.
Hi,
I have a question for everyone. A few of my vines (2nd year), which appeared to be growing well, have dropped healthy looking canes (break in midshaft between joints), and in two vines at the end of rows, dropped all the canes. These two vines are now growing back, with otherwise looking like healthy shoots now. Does anyone have an idea as to why this might occur?
Thanks,
Frank