It has rained two of the last three days. I canceled the Merlot I had scheduled to pick today. We will look at the weather in the morning and decide whether we will pick tomorrow or not. The forecast looks decent for the week with a slight chance of rain each day but as long as the weather stays clear we should get quite a bit of fruit picked this week.
Friday night, the 27th we hosted our distributor, Cordon Selections annual trip to Eastern Washington with members of the trade from Western Washington. This is the fourth year we have started the weekend with taco's and wine on Red Mountain. Our neighbors, Tim & Kelly Hightower have co-hosted this event since it's inception. This is a great chance for key members of the industry to get a chance to see wineries in action and for many a chance to see ripe fruit on the vine. Saturday is spent with a visit to wineries that Cordon represents that are located in the Walla Walla Valley. I spent today on the bus touring vineyards north of the Tri-Cities with the group. I enjoy the contact with these key players in the industry and find the questions they ask very stimulating. Often times this interaction puts some of their preconcieved ideas to the test, which I find great. Crop level was one of the topics we touched upon today that had some of these people scratching their heads. It's great to get these people over to Eastern Washington and see first hand where it all happens.
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