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[Eater National] California Syrah: Not the Next Big Thing, But Better For It ...: Mahle poured the new release of his entry level Sonoma Coast Syrah, a 100% whole cluster-fermented wine sourced from several different sites in the Petaluma Wind Gap—a valley that runs from the Pacific Ocean through the town of Petaluma south to San Pablo Bay—which acts as a beltway for cool winds that ripple through the valley, challenging root systems and cooling the grapes. This effect allows for a longer growing season and Syrah that manages to be phenologically ripe (ripeness in the tannins that occur in grape skins, seeds and stems) at alcohol levels as low as 11.5%.

[Greenlake Wines + wine bar] Biodynamic and Organic wine tasting - 03/17/11: Sitting on the benchlands above the headwaters of the Russian River in Mendocino County, the vineyards share the land with five ponds, open space for wildlife and pasture for smaller animals, like Navajo Churro sheep. All water used for irrigation and frost protection is from winter run-off from the pristine watersheds that surround the vineyards.

[North Bay Business Journal] Wine: Cecchetti wine sales rise 39%; top North Coast pruners; what ...: Winners of Mendocino Winegrape and Wine Commission‘s 10th annual vineyard pruning contest were, in order, Raul Lau of Welch Vineyard, Alejandro Oliveras also of Welch, Guillermo Martinez of Beckstoffer Vineyards, Cornelio Morales of Middleridge Vineyard and 2010 first-placer Gabriel Navarro of Roederer Estate.

[Local News from The Press Democrat] Harvest takes $142 million toll on North Coast growers ...: Between 35 percent to 50 percent of Mendocino County grape growers lost money in 2010, and perhaps between 20 percent to 25 percent of those in Sonoma County had losses too, Proctor estimated. Those widespread losses have some growers .

[North Bay Business Journal] Calendar: Week of March 14, 2011 - North Bay Business Journal ...: Grower Series: A Review of Pending Land Use Matters: Lot Line Adjustments, Climate Protection Plans and the Future of Vineyard Development. Sponsor: Napa Valley Grapegrowers.

[Local News from The Press Democrat] Frost 'one more thing' for grape growers | PressDemocrat.com: Mendocino County wine-grape growers were fearful because they already had lost an estimated 30 percent of their crop to frost in the early spring. The crop also was hit by an early rain that threatened to cause rot, and the region .

[Anderson Valley Advertiser] Letters To The Editor: If you want to kill off a river ecosystem and the wildlife that depend on it, a fantastic way to go about it is to do as Napa, Sonoma, southern Mendocino, and Lake counties have done: turn the land on the river banks and in the surrounding hills over to grape growers who are supplying into a global market for high-end booze, and who thus forego cultivating varieties well-adapted to their regions or practicing long-range pruning methods. Multiply the practices of these industrial vintners by hundreds of thousands of acres of grapes, and the result is a collection of dead and dying waterways that spans much of the North Bay and North Coast ”” the Navarro, Napa, Russian, and Gualala, and (to a somewhat lesser extent, perhaps) the Eel.

[Water Tech - AG Supply] Farmers seek local solutions on frost irrigation. . . ”” Water Tech ...: “We have been proactively developing alternative solutions for frost irrigation and salmon protection for at least three years,” said Lex McCorvey, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau. “A frost ordinance is just one part of a complex response to protect agriculture, conserve water and protect salmon habitat.

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] I didn't get the Merlot memo | STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG: The day may come when CA will willingly grow something other than the established European varieties, but given that we have yet to succeed with several very significant grapes that have established worldwide reputations (Sangiovese, Temrpanillo, Fiano, Albarinho, Nero D’Avola, Nebbiolo, Corvina and some would say Grenache.

[@VinoNotes] Santa Cruz Wineries (& beyond) to help aide Japan's relief efforts ...: The following Santa Cruz wineries have pledged to donate the tasting fees they collect this weekend to the Red Cross. Albeit relatively small, tasting fees can be a significant source of revenue for many wineries and usually range from $3 to $7 depending on the winery:

[Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog] Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog: Mendocino Wine: PR Cometh: Imports of inexpensive wines from many New World, and Old World, regions and the rise to prominence of other quality oriented California wine regions such as Santa Barbara and Monterey apparently have convinced the Mendocino folk that more marketing of their wines and grapes are in order.

[North Bay Business Journal] Wine: Smaller decline in winegrape crop surprises some - North Bay ...: Decreases of 10.7 percent and 3.1 percent in Sonoma and Napa counties, respectively, offset 10.2 percent and 0.5 percent increases in smaller-scale producers in Mendocino and Lake counties. [Comparisons of tonnage and pricing for North Coast counties and major varieties for several years are posted at NorthBayBusinessJournal.com/29605.]

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