VASCM: Next VASCM Meeting Thursday, May 18: Floor Management at Beauregard Vineyards

[Mary Lindsay]

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The next VASCM meeting: A Tailgate in the Vineyard at Beauregard 
Vineyards -- Floor and Canopy Management

Thursday, May 18
4:00pm
Beauregard Vineyards' Coast Grade Vineyard



*Floor and canopy management are going to require -- and already are -- 
a lot of attention with so much moisture in the ground after a record 
season of rainfall - 85-100" in our vineyards this winter. Cover crop 
and weeds are growing rampant. Ryan Beauregard will share with us the 
floor management and cover crop practices at the Beauregard's Coast 
Grade Vineyard, a vineyard that is used to seeing winters with a lot of 
rain (although 100" is phenomenal). We'll talk about the options for 
addressing the effects of abundant rainfall.


This will be a tailgate in the vineyard, then we will proceed to the 
Beauregard Winery's "Lost Weekend" tasting room up the road. As usual, 
please bring a bottle of wine to share.

A little about Beauregard Vineyards & Winery: Four generations of 
Beauregards have farmed this vineyard, originally planted in the 1880s. 
Ryan's great grandfather Amos bought the land in 1945; then his son Bud 
(founder of Shopper's Corner) farmed the vineyard, as did his son Jim, 
Ryan's dad, who still maintains 68 acres of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, 
Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon in several family-owned vineyards in 
the area. Ryan is the current winemaker. In 2008 the Beauregard family 
purchased the building that is their tasting room, which for 25 years 
previously had been Randall Grahm's winery and tasting room. The 
building was originally built in the late 1800s, and in the 1950s became 
the notorious 'Lost Weekend' bar, agathering place for the community and 
for travellers up the coast.

Thank you to Ryan Beauregard for hosting. Directions below.

See you at the meeting.


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


*Directions to Coast Grade Vineyard, Bonny Doon

*Corner of Bonny Doon Rd. and Smith Grade, 3 miles up from Hwy. 1 north 
of Santa Cruz. *
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*From Santa Cruz:**Take a short 15 minute scenic drive North on HWY 1 
(Mission Street).  Turn right on Bonny Doon Road and drive about 2.5 
miles to the vineyard on the right hand side. If you get to the tasting 
room you've gone just a little too far.

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