The Heat is On…
As of today, summer has now arrived in Oregon. The rest of the world started 4-6 weeks ago. Here, we start AFTER the 4th of July. Where are we – Sweden? Go figure. And now we’ve got three or four straight days in the 90s on the way to kick us into high gear. Flowering is underway in all of our vineyards, but we can already see that the crop will be a small one this year – the extended cool and wet weather all spring resulted in some vine imbalances that are causing potential clusters to abort. We’re estimating a 25-50% fruit loss overall. Please join me in prayer for a warm and dry September and October – we’ll need every bit of it…
The Burghound himself at Scott Paul in 2006
Burgundy guru Allen Meadows will be debuting his eagerly-awaited book at IPNC this year – and the book will make its first official appearance anywhere at our pre-IPNC dinner in the winery on July 22nd. Dinner is sold-out, but you can catch up with Allen and his book throughout the IPNC weekend at the events…
I’m off to Seattle for a couple of days of tastings and events, but having my priorities in order I of course will be settled in at a pub to watch the Spain-Germany semifinal in the World Cup tomorrow. I’m happy for the Netherlands to have claimed their spot in the final, and I’ll be pulling for Spain tomorrow (though I expect the German juggernaut will continue to roll and likely win it all.)
More from the road – stay tuned…
