From mary at munsvineyard.com  Fri Apr 15 14:13:32 2016
From: mary at munsvineyard.com (Mary Lindsay)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:13:32 -0700
Subject: VASCM: Ag Overtime Bill - AB 2757 Reduces Crew Hours
In-Reply-To: <201604151653.1ARaK424y3Nl3490@mx-nebolish.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <201604151653.1ARaK424y3Nl3490@mx-nebolish.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <5711597C.5010202@munsvineyard.com>

In case you don't already know about this or want to know what you can 
do about it... The bill, "The Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers 
Act of 2016" has been sponsored by the UFW. The bill was introduced on 
February 19 in the state legislature, and it would gradually move toward 
paying California?s farm workers overtime if they work more than eight 
hours a day or 40 hours a week by the year 2020.

Mary Lindsay
Muns Vineyard


*Bill to Eliminate the Ag Overtime Exemption Set for Hearing*
*/AB 2757 (Gonzalez) ? Assembly Committee on Appropriations
Wednesday, April 20^th /*

Coming on the heels of the $15 an hour minimum wage hike, another bill 
that will greatly impact agriculture wage and hour laws has been set for 
a hearing in the Assembly Appropriation Committee. The bill was heard on 
April 6 in the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, where it passed 
on a party line vote with Democrats supporting the bill. Brad Goehring, 
chair of the CAWG State Government Affairs Committee, and employees from 
Kautz Vineyards spoke in opposition to the bill during the hearing.

AB 2757 by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D ? San Diego) will eliminate 
the longstanding 10 hours per day/60 hours per week overtime requirement 
for agricultural workers and replace it with an 8 hour per day/40 hour 
per week overtime system.  Such a system is bad for employers and 
employees, and ignores the seasonal nature of agricultural work.

California is one of only four states that require premium pay for 
overtime worked by farm workers. Additionally, California farmers face a 
number of other regulatory and legal burdens that do not encumber 
farmers in other states and countries. AB 2757 represents yet another 
obstacle that continues to tilt the economic playing field away from 
California?s farmers, putting them at a competitive disadvantage, while 
also adversely affecting farm workers.

If passed, AB 2757 will negatively impact workers, increase labor costs, 
and make California agricultural products less competitive on a global 
market.

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and urge your elected official to OPPOSE AB 2757, a bill that will hurt 
California farmers and hardworking agricultural employees.

OPPOSE Ag Overtime Bill - AB 2757

If you have any questions, call Tyler Blackney, CAWG's Director of 
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From jamie at kutchwines.com  Sat Apr 16 13:08:07 2016
From: jamie at kutchwines.com (Jamie Kutch)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 20:08:07 +0000
Subject: VASCM: Chardonnay Fruit Wanted
Message-ID: <E913CF43D6AD3E4AAEF3FFCBC97444C77675508D@ORD2MBX11B.mex05.mlsrvr.com>

I have one great source already and am looking to add another from the Santa Cruz Mountains.

If anyone has or knows of anything, please let me know.

Looking for at least 3 tons minimum and as much as 10 tons.

Best,
Jamie

Jamie Kutch | Owner, Winemaker
Kutch Wines | 2030 Moraga St | San Francisco, CA 94122
p. 917.270.8180 | www.kutchwines.com<http://www.kutchwines.com/>

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake ~Henry David Thoreau

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From mary at munsvineyard.com  Wed Apr 20 10:14:14 2016
From: mary at munsvineyard.com (Mary Lindsay)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:14:14 -0700
Subject: VASCM: Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Grapes Wanted This Harvest
Message-ID: <5717B8E6.4090509@munsvineyard.com>

Please see the following requests for fruit from this year's harvest and 
please contact the requesting party directly if you have fruit to sell:

1.  Geoff Mace is looking for 1.5-2 tons of Chardonnay:  "My wife and I 
will be starting a brand this vintage at the new custom crush facility 
here in Gilroy- The Stomping Ground.  Our brand, Topography Wine 
Company, will be focused on showing off some of the unique vineyard 
sites across California.  We would like to start in our own backyard so 
to speak with some Santa Cruz mountain Chardonnay and possibly some 
Cabernet if we could find the right vineyard.  I would be interested in 
purchasing 1.5-2 tons of Chardonnay for the 2016 harvest if one of your 
members had any available." Contact Geoff at 760-216-4469, grmace at icloud.com

Note: You can find more information about The Stomping Ground in this 
article by Steve Ferree in Examiner, here 
<http://www.examiner.com/article/local-vintners-to-open-multi-use-wine-food-and-events-center-gilroy?CID=examiner_alerts_article>. 



2.  Yvonne Kendall is an amateur winemaker looking for: 500 to 700 lbs 
harvested Pinot Noir.
- Potentially on an annual basis moving forward or I may want a small 
lot of other grapes ? white or red
She is also looking for assistance with crushing ? "we have manpower but 
not a place to crush".
I have won awards for past wines from Orange County and Santa Clara for 
Pinots and Zins (silver, bronze and double-gold)
Contact Yvonne Kendall:  yvonne.kendall.seeh at statefarm.com, 408-371-8181

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From ja_griffin2001 at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 20 12:26:05 2016
From: ja_griffin2001 at yahoo.com (Jeff Griffin)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:26:05 -0700
Subject: VASCM: Looking for .5 Ton of Cabernet and Zinfandel
Message-ID: <D63978FD-202D-4D2A-A953-2942772F94E4@yahoo.com>

Hi VASCM,
We would like to purchase a couple of half tons of SCM Cabernet and Zin.  Will consider Merlot or other red varietals and other growing areas as well. 

Open to long-term relationship with the right grower ;-)

Jeff Griffin
650-799-3327

From mary at munsvineyard.com  Fri Apr 29 16:35:29 2016
From: mary at munsvineyard.com (Mary Lindsay)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:35:29 -0700
Subject: VASCM: Next VASCM Meeting: A Tailgate at Thomas Fogarty's Gist
 Ranch Next Thursday, May 5
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*
The next VASCM meeting is a tailgate this Thursday, May 5 at Thomas 
Fogarty's Gist Ranch vineyard off of Skyline Rd. Vineyard manager 
Marshal White will give us a tour of Fogarty's 'southern estate' 
vineyard, a 100-acre parcel with 14 acres of vineyard located 17 miles 
south of the winery. He will talk about their soil management program, 
including spading, composting and cover crop. **
****
**Thursday, May 5**
**3:00-5:00**
**Thomas Fogarty's Gist Ranch - see directions below*

/Please note: this is a more informal vineyard 'tailgate', not a regular 
meeting. If you bring some wine to share, please also bring your own 
wineglass.//
///
More about Gist Ranch:  The property features 14 acres of 
organically-grown grapes including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, 
Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Nebbiolo. Gist Ranch 
sits atop a ridge at 2300 feet above sea level and experiences a 
relatively cool climate influenced by the Pacific Ocean about 14 miles 
to the west. Planted in 1999, this vineyard is responsible for a number 
of Fogarty?s single-site bottlings.



*Then, look forward to the next meeting coming up later in May *(date 
and location TBD):

- *Weed Management with John Roncoroni, **UCCE Weed Science Farm 
Advisor* who specializes in vineyard weed management and speaks to 
growers throughout Northern California. John will talk about issues 
including: identifying weeds vs. cover crop; the status of organic 
herbicides; weed management options. This should be a nice follow-up to 
the tailgate at Gist Ranch.

This topic is coincidental but apropos to the recent news about the 
levels of glyphosate (Round-Up) found in all of 10 red wines tested from 
Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino. You can read about it more here 
<http://abc7news.com/health/i-team-weed-killer-could-be-lurking-in-some-ca-wines/1314832/>on 
the ABC News website.

More information on this meeting will be forthcoming.

In case you are wondering, you have not missed any notices about VASCM 
meetings so far this year. These are the first meetings of 2016, 
although we hope to bring you several more in the next few months.


See you next week at Gist Ranch.


Regards,
The VASCM Board:
- Mary Lindsay
- Ken Swegles
- June Salsbury
- Rick Clarke

www.vascm.org


Directions to Gist Ranch:

 From highway 17:
- take the Bear Creek Rd. exit and cross back over 17 on the overpass
- take a right onto Montevina road.
- take the first left onto Black Rd.
- continue past Lakewood School, then take a left onto Gist Rd. follow 
Gist road to the top, where it dead ends onto Skyline
- continue ahead (bearing to the right) onto Skyline, and then take the 
first left in thirty yards onto Green Forest Road.  Please drive slowly 
on Green Forest Road.
- take the left fork after a quarter mile and proceed up the hill.  When 
you reach a gate, you've reached the property entrance.  Continue past 
the first two vineyards to the next gate, which will be on your left. 
  That's where we'll meet.
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