Viticulture Assn: Potential vineyard property in Saratoga

[Lawrence Ives]

I received the following email concerning possible vineyard property in
Saratoga. If you are interested, please feel free to contact the owner
directly.

 

 > Hi Lawrence,
>   I know of someone in Saratoga who has about 3/4 acre of hilly land with
a well.  They would
> like to enter a long term contract with someone who would help them plant
and maintain a vineyard
> and then make the wine..  I'd guess the caretaker could take 2/3 of the
wine or something like that.
> I'm sure they would pay for all equipment...   Anyway if you know of
anyone who is interested
> in tending 3/4 acres long term I'll get more details..
> (This is behind their house and they intend to be around a very long
time...)

 

 

The people who have the vineyard land are Julie Nevitt
and her husband Andrew.  Her email address is
jmnevitt at sbcglobal.net .  Her home phone number is
408-873-7549 and her cell phone number is
408-781-0869.

 

Additional information:

 

The slope is pretty steep for the upper part and then it goes to a much
flatter area.  I would guess 20%+
then down to nearly flat. The slope wraps around and varies from South to
East
I would say at least half an acre, if we utilize it all nearly an acre but
surface area it is even more.
As I understand it acreage is done in two dimensions so if you are on a
steep slope your  actual surface
area acreage is greater. The soil is clay. Some trees but not many and a
work shed but not a lot
of shade. No idea on the contract, whatever works. Nothing is planted and
the lower part of the east
facing has a good bit of scrub not too many trees need to be removed...maybe
three.  We are
unincorporated Saratoga so we can do what we want with the trees.  We have
some poison oak too.  Whatever
grape grows best on this soil with this exposure works best for me, I am
guessing a red.
We would have to work on the fractional part as I have no idea what is a
normal fraction...(what fraction
of the wine the caretaker gets..) We don't have a well but we do have a
spring that
could easily be used for an ag well.  If we tap it.

 

 

 

R. Lawrence Ives

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc.

20937 Comer Drive

Saratoga, CA 95070-3753

(408) 741-8680

Fax: (408) 741-8831

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