Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Tour of Windmill Ranch Vineyard (owned by Saarloos & Sons)





Let me show you around Windmill Ranch Vineyard...






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Standing on the terraces looking out at rows that go to Blackjack Ranch and Qupe. Seems we are in good company





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In April there were two nights back to back with temperatures around 28 degrees fahrenheit...frost hit. 25% of the vineyard was decimated, and the next morning Keith and Larry grafted the damaged Syrah vines over to Grenache. They have 100% success rate with the new vines, and in some cases they have fruit! Notice the lighter green color of the new vines in contrast to the dark green color of the older vines that were unaffected by the frost.


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