Here's my top interest list as I head over to the blogger conference:
1. Searching for signs of intelligent life about submachine gun/musical bow maker synergist vignerons. I know they are out there, and I hope to report back on their stories of vivacious winemaking.
1. Dry Farming, anyone really doing this in Sonoma/Napa Mendocino? Is it possible? Is the fruit really better? Success and failures reported.
2. Non-mechanized vineyard management practices. I know of a couple women vignerons who are working with baby doll sheep to keep the weeds down, and developing plans for plow and horse.
3. Winemaking with wild yeasts. Can't we leave those virulent yeast strains to Monsanto-style of winemaking.
4. Misc. amazing factoids currently unknown to me now that need to be shared. For example when my friend and winemaker, Steve Ryan toured me Eagle Point Ranch in Mendo the vineyard manager Casey explained how bat boxes need to be set up or they don't work.
Apparently a lot of them in vineyards don't attract bats. They work best if they 1) Face East and 2) have a structure, like a tree or a post about 20 yards in front of the box so the babies have a safe place to practice flying to....Priceless information for us all!
More from the conference later today!
-Pamela
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