Hi - i am planting 75 mourvedre, 25 grenache and 25 counoise next
month. my first vineyard. i am in alpine at 2400' with se exposure on a
slope of decomposed granite. about 30 miles from the pacific ocean.

i am getting them from tablas vineyards through nova wines. i have
several million questions about everything. the decomposed granite,
amendments pruning and especially pests.

right now i am dealing with gophers and preparing to fence my space. i
am four hundred yards from the national forest boundary, a national
forest of sage and scrub that was incinerated in the cedar fires. no
sign that the deer have returned but beside gophers there are racoons,
opposums, rabbits and a sky full of birds.

jamul is beautiful. where did you get your syrah?

Coleman