> wrote in message
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> 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

Coleman,
Several members of the San Diego Amateur Winemaking Society are experienced
grape growers, and they love to talk about growing wine grapes.
More info here
http://www.sdaws.org/
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Del Mar, California, USA