Weather Update

The inexplicable and semi- perverse laws of the universe apply-

Bring an umbrella so it won't rain.
Cabs everywhere until you need one.
I write about the dry conditions in N Cal and the heavens open up, the rain falls and the creeks rise.

So the growers are now ecstatic because they really needed the rain. And we winemakers aren't complaining either. While we high quality winemakers like low crop yields and dry conditions can promote that, we had reached a point after 3 drought years where it was possible that growers could not even supply enough fruit to make wine. And while we have had alot of rain in N Cal in the last few weeks it really just brings it back up within the low end of the normal range. So now it looks like growers will be able to supply fruit but yields will still be small.

We are now waiting for budbreak. This should come within the next few weeks. And, with any luck, we won't have any post budbreak freezes that could dramatically reduce the crop.

And maybe I shouldn't write about that, for fear of triggering one of those inexplicable universal laws!

Cheers,
Dave
Calicaro Wine