VASCM: Tuesday's Meeting: Bring a Chair; Newsletter Posted Online

[Mary Lindsay]

The newsletter went out a little late prior to Tuesday's meeting, but 
you can view it online on our website at www.vascm.org.  Please note 
that annual memberships are due.  Membership forms are mailed with the 
newsletter, will be available at Tuesday's meeting, and are also 
available online.

About the meeting this Tuesday:  Please bring your own chair!  There are 
no chairs, so if you want to sit please bring one.

Also, we did not realize when we originally scheduled the meeting for 
Tuesday that it is Inauguration day, but there is still plenty of time 
for those interested to watch the event and still come to the meeting in 
the afternoon.

We look forward to seeing you at the first meeting of the year.

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

*/January 20 at Alfaro Family Vineyards  -- Pruning Workshop, & 
Flower/Fruit Set & Yield Improvement/*//

2:00pm. Workshop on Pruning. Bring your pruners (sterilized, please) -- 
you will practice in the vineyard. Richard Alfaro will also demonstrate 
a flame gun for weed control.

3:00pm. Larry Bettiga, UC Extension Farm Advisor, will talk about flower 
and fruit set and physiology, and vineyard practices to improve yield.

- A representative from the CDFA will bring us up to date on the spread 
of the Light Brown Apple Moth, progress in eradication, and availability 
of traps for our vineyards.

- And 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.