Posts Tagged ‘vineyards’

Jun 27, 2006

Dealing With A Labor Shortage in the Vineyards

While I know my position on the immigration debate in the U.S., I don’t claim to know exactly HOW the ultimate outcome will affect the wine industry. Wine is an industry that employs a number of migrant workers, a great many of which are surely illegal. However, this little tidbit  found at the California Farm Bureau Federation website is very interesting:"Meanwhile, Joseph Ramazzotti, owner of Ramazzotti Vineyards & Wines in Geyserville, told the "San Francisco Business Times" last week that…

Jun 22, 2006

Heat, Vines and Restaurants

It is 5:45pm on June 22 as I write this and the temperature in the shade reads 103. This is down from an earlier temperature of 106. Earlier today I was with a client who was visiting with a wine writer. We walked out into the vineyard. Talked for about 10 minutes. Then we all sort of collectively, but silently, acknowledged that shade was needed…Now! We simply turned together, headed back to the cars and quickly found ourselves at the…

Jun 19, 2006

Why Farmers Pray

Lest we forget that the wine industry is an agricultural industry, given to the whims of Mother Nature, the is now the 2006 Port vintage to consider. Apparently a storm that rushed through Portugal last Wednesday did extensive damage to what would have been the Port wine vineyards in that country. Initial reports had the loss in the neighborhood of 80% of the vines due to severe hail. Today the estimates of the loss and damage was said to be…

Apr 26, 2006

Wine Blogs that Look Good

It’s true the wine blogging is about more than words on a screen. Occasionally you come across wine blogs that show it as well as spell it out. In my occasionally  regular semi-biannual look at the wine blogging world, I’ve come up with a collection of wine blogs that appeal the visual as well as the literary. Vin Vini VinoSurely some of the most interesting photography. Proprietor Tricia was even kind enough to show us her stitches. Basic JuiceBeau gets…