“You Could Not Step Twice Into The Same River; For Other Waters Are Ever Flowing Onto You” Heraclitus 540-480BC Getting ready for the new vintage is always a bustle. With this Winter’s ground cover slowing things down slightly for the year it’s easy to get caught up in the day to day tasks which occupy […]
Lesson #4 Be Patient Should a lord of ten thousand chariots treat himself more lightly than he treats the whole world? Too light: you lose your foundation Too restless: you lose your mastery. -Tao Te Ching #26 When we wait for something we anticipate what comes next. We stand restless on the edge of the […]
Inconvenient as it may be during harvest each year there is a seasonal opportunity that can help you improve your vineyards. Even though we are busy harvesting during this period it’s important to capture the data for improvement in the upcoming season. What are these opportunities and how do we capture them? A short window […]
One of the most fundamental exchanges that takes place in the wine business is the purchase and sale of grapes at harvest. For many wine regions around the world this is a vertically integrated and managed resource. This is not so, in Washington. By and large the industry is not vertically integrated yet and shows […]
Harvest is on its way. There have already been purple berries spotted in Washington this season, and I was thinking on the way home, what can I write that will give the most substantial benefit to vineyards this season as we start harvest? It dawned on me that I should give away some free money, several thousand […]