Things might be changing here, I might be focusing mainly on the Grenache because I loves it so much. As you can see, its put on some pounds over the last couple of weeks. We also went through and thinned out some shoots. Now you can see that only the shoots growing upward from the cordon are left, and only a max of two shoots per bud position. The bud positions are spaced about a hand's width apart ideally, and it actually looks pretty good here.
On the second photo you can see how clean everyone looks now. The weather has been usual central coast up and down spring. Highs in the 90s one day then back to the 60's with lows in the 30's. Lucky no frost problems up here in these hills. The flowers may starting popping in the next couple of weeks, so that will be our next look at the grenache.
The ever popular Robert Parker Jr. is in town for Hospice du Rhone this weekend. All the heavies will be pouring and this is about as fired up as I get for a wine event. Some of the world's greatest wine and winemakers all in Paso for a few days. I'll keep things updated, especially for tomorrow night's Rhone'n Bowl which should be amazing.
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