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Vineyard Update: Cover Crops and Bloom
Our permanent California native cover crop is looking good this morning! We’re waiting for it to seed out before we mow. Three native species were planted back in November 2010 – California brome, blue wildrye, and California barley. A covercrop … Read More
Cluster Counts and Fruit Set Evaluation: Taking a Guess
June has arrived and with that comes the ending of bloom and fruit set, which means that we have reached the second stage in evaluating the size and quality of the upcoming harvest. If you remember, we first counted tiny … Read More
April’s Vineyard View: Springtime Showers
The rain continues to fall! It would have been a great powder day at Kirkwood, but I can’t disappear that easily. Lodi saw about 3/4 of an inch this week, which takes our 2010 season rainfall total to a little … Read More
Artisan Cheese Festival: Pouring at the Palace Hotel, SF
Sunday brunch at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco? Don’t mind if I do… On Sunday, we were invited to pour our wines at the Palace Hotel as part of their Sunday Blues Brunch. My wife, Meghan, and I … Read More
Notes from Harvest: Winegrape Maturity Testing
How do you know when the winegrapes are ready to harvest? At LangeTwins, we use a few different methods to determine when our winegrapes are at their optimal flavor and composition to produce our award-winning wines. As harvest approaches, we … Read More