VASCM: Next Meeting Jan. 20 at Alfaro's: Pruning Workshop, New Subregions for the SC Mts., More

[Mary Lindsay]

Announcing:  Our first VASCM meeting of 2009!

Tuesday, January 20  at Alfaro Vineyard in Corralitos (directions below)

2:00pm: Pruning workshop. Learn best pruning practices from our local 
vineyard consultants and practice in the vineyard. Bring your pruners 
(please sterilize).

3:00pm: Meeting. Update on the spread of the Light Brown Apple Moth in 
our region from the CDFA, trapping and latest control plans. 
Presentation on the new subregions of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Come early at 2:00 for an in-vineyard pruning workshop.  Please bring 
sterilized pruners.

Our meeting will start at 3:00.  A representative from the CDFA will 
spend a few minutes bringing us up to date on the Light Brown Apple 
Moth, which has continued to spread and now, for example, has been found 
at the higher elevations around Summit Road (and elsewhere).  The CDFA 
has new plans for eradication (not involving spraying), and will set 
traps around your vineyard upon request. 

As well, we will present the new subregions of the Santa Cruz Mountains 
and their flavor profiles.

As usual, please bring a bottle of wine to share.

Directions to Alfaro Family Vineyards & Winery:

420 Hames Road, Corralitos:  Exit Highway 1 South towards Monterey. Take 
the Freedom Blvd Exit.  Go approximately 4 miles to Hames Rd.  Follow 
Hames Rd to the stop sign.  Turn right for 1 block onto Pleasant Valley 
Rd and jog back left onto Hames Rd.  Follow Hames Rd to the top of the 
hill; winery entrance is on the left.


Happy New Year!  And newsletters will be in the mail shortly.

We hope to see you at this meeting!

Mary Lindsay, President
Rachel Ormes, Vice President
Pete Woodruff, Treasurer
Natalain Schwartz, Secretary