Frost and Heat - a Damaging Mix

Frost from the past two weeks has taken a toll on early leafing vines - mostly our estate Petite Sirah. A little damage on early Zinfandel too. This week we face the extreme heat that arrived Sunday and will last three days. This heat may burn young leafs and damage further the vines struggling to recover from frost damage. This is the first real frost damage to the vineyard in several years, last time we had only a few vines burned near the road - this year especially damaged were young re-plants of Petite Sirah that replaced the hard freeze of three years ago.

Warm Days Ahead...

Where did spring go, I'm enjoying the green? Maybe this will just be a heat wave, but were expecting some very warm weather. The vines will love it, 90's over the next few days will also give me a chance to catch-up on winery work, paper work and anything inside. We just finished siding the shed and once it cools down a bit, we'll get a fresh coat of paint on it.

Toucan Wines Club

Our Toucan Wines Club is a buyers program that rewards our customers who purchase three or more cases of Toucan Wines in any year (12 month period) directly from the winery. Enrollment is easy and the benefits include:

20% off all wine orders, and first access to:
Limited production wines
Over-sized bottles (magnums)
Under-sized bottles (splits)
Library wines which become available
Shipping at current rates - right now it's $1
Local delivery is included

Here's how it works: Complete the enrollment form and get it to us, you select the three times a year you want a case of wine shipped or delivered - we coordinate with you the exact wines you want in each case. It's pretty simple. Further, you may order additional wines throughout the year at the same 20% discount, just place those orders directly with us via email or phone.

Spring Activities

We've recently enjoyed a little rain and now very mild weather. The spring flowers are out and the valley is beautiful. We've been busy with landscaping projects and work on our tractor shed. Next in the vineyard is a hoeing project and then we'll be suckering the unwanted shoots.