Lesson #1 – Do Nothing Manipulative action fails of itself; clutching control, it slips from your grasp. Things sometimes move forward, or follow behind. life blows hot and blows cold, strong and weak, firm and soft, getting on, getting off, rising up, falling down. Sages let go of over-doing, are not caught by extremes. – […]
Is that real? Absolutely, and the comparison is perfect. If I were talking about one of the last three; hot, hotter and hottest vintages alone someone might think that I was just lucky. What about this year? Not an easy year for mildew and botrytis in the vineyards. Conditions were perfect for infections. But, what if […]
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 […]
I can’t speak for everyone, but wouldn’t it feel great to be on top of everything in the vineyard and feel like you are ahead of the game for once? In the moment, you’ll likely never feel this relaxed. Even if you are on top of things, there will be times when you think you are […]
In 2015, Washington State had one of the hottest years on record, but is there such a thing as too much irrigation in a hot season? We all know demand goes up, and models for irrigation are not perfect. My work has suggested there is such a thing as too much irrigation, even in a […]