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Notes on Spring, 2012

Pruning is done, the vines cut back to nothing but trunk and gnarly cordons and a few spurs. Looking at the dormant vines at this stage I'm always amazed at how much information those naked, scrawny-looking, twisted vines contain. They really don't look like much of anything but a stick in the ground at this stage and yet stored in those cells is all the information to produce marvelous pinot or chardonnay. Prompted by sunlight atoms start vibrating faster and faster until the vines begin pulsing with life. Nature works her magic and we have bud break -- a touch of green and we're on our way to another cycle. What will 2012 bring? Nature gives us so much. And what do we give back in return? ~ Bill Cates

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