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  1. @lightheartwine Never too busy! Say hi anyway! #uwgs
  2. @lightheartwine come by booth this year. No chocolate but we have entertainment! 1038 #uwgs
  3. @ThomsonVyrds Spot deal for Pinot was gr8. Will do it again 4 sure. But I still see need for well-established brokers in this biz.
  4. @HossfeldVyrds Nice to meet U yesterday via Jenn! Hope the bent card was OK.
  5. @calaiswinery thx 2 U & @Zinyard 4 attending my webinar last friday on precision irrigation using soil moisture! doing it again in Jan, TBA.
  6. Gd read: RT @ASA_CSSA_SSSA: The science behind amending soils w/ gypsum. From Crops & Soils magazine, open-access pdf: ow.ly/7ly0g
  7. NRCS offers substantial $$$ assistance for water-savings equipment in #vineyards. Let them pay for half! bit.ly/rMFQ3F
  8. Yes, I used ths paper 4 my nxt WBM RT @PWVJournal: More gd work from #Cornell: Vine balance impact on methoxypyrazines. bit.ly/vRl025
  9. @ThomsonVyrds I like #Merlot. Cab is too easy to grow...
  10. A few light rainfall events in the near future for #Sonoma County. Perfect to germinate #vineyard cover crop to stabilize soil!
  11. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DXAo0bWjtRw" frameborder="0"... fb.me/P1zZJYXI
  12. We got a new cultivator! The Clemens tiller prepares a nice seedbed. We follow up with a seed drill, applying a... fb.me/XqQAfE2Y
  13. @Zinyard Early pruning not gonna b very popular here in Russ River with new rules, but hillsides should be okay. Still, we have Eutypa. :(
  14. Long-range #weather forcast 4 2012 indicates another La Nina year. Similar pattern to ths year. wht will U do differently in yr #vineyard?
  15. Didnt get the memo. Post office problems. RT @ThomsonVyrds: North Coast Growers saying wine grape yields down 30% maybe USDA forgot a zero.
  16. Rotten ending to a fungal-rich 2011 winegrape season. Maybe a good title for my #WBM column but don't put it on your back label!
  17. Loma Prieta #quake aniv. Oakland fire. Quake Berkeley today x2. World sposed 2 end 2morrow. Think I should finish that bottle of Syrah now.
  18. Late-season #wine #grape heartbreak. North Coast Bordeaux varieties getting picked early due to botrytis. Still finishing Chard! #harvest11