(09-23-2021, 05:40 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(09-21-2021, 09:24 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: Thanks Eric. Not quite finished yet. Crop is on the ground drying, just a two week period filled with no work and a boatload of worry. 

I can only watch the smoke pouring into the valley so much lol.

Didn’t you take a loss on smokey raisins a few years ago?

Last year, almost the same situation - large fire directly east flooding the valley with smoke. 

I didn't take a loss outright, but definitely lost some crop between what was on the vine and what made it to the packing house. Maybe like 20% of my net?
Kinda heartbreaking for me really. Also why I'm obsessed with transitioning to a DOV style vineyard.  

The combination of record days of 100+ temps, water cutbacks, and smoke filled September's is really really making me rethink what I can grow here. Maybe agave lol.

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