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Emilie Wyrick Franciscan Kitchen Fall 2009 Newsletter

This is the latest issue of the Franciscan Kitchen Newsletter, featuring Fall Eggplant from Napa Valley! Read and Enjoy. Click h… Continue

Added by Emilie Wyrick on October 29, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

robhennigar Harvest Update from Janet Myers - Winemaker - Franciscan Estate and Mount Veeder Winery - 9.20.09

Sunday Sept 20 Chardonnay picking started Friday 9/4, and warmer temps around Labor Day weekend propelled harvest in the following week. About half of the Chard was picked by 9/11. We had a beautiful morning for our Blessing of the Grapes and Harvest Toast, held 9/10 with Father Xavier from the Carmelite Monastery in Oakville. He was amused at the opportunity to perform a blessing at a “Franciscan” winery. We always use our Estate Larsen Chardonnay for the blessing, as vineyard manager Matt Ashb… Continue

Added by robhennigar on September 21, 2009 at 3:36pm — No Comments

robhennigar Harvest Update from Janet Myers - Winemaker - Franciscan Estate and Mount Veeder Winery - 8.28.09

HARVEST 2009 – Franciscan Estate and Mount Veeder Winery August 28 Harvest has begun! We’re slowly getting into gear with Sauvignon blanc that started picking at a leisurely pace on August 17. We began with young vines, which are often precocious due to low crop loads. Harvest continued with old vine Sauvignon blanc during this past week of 8/24. Due to moderate temps in the 70’s or low 80’s, it’s been a very measured pace, no rush or urgency, getting the sugars just where we want, around 21-22… Continue

Added by robhennigar on September 21, 2009 at 3:31pm — No Comments

Peter Marks Can you believe it? Inger Shiffler "flipping" me off!

...and I have proof!

At the Smokey Robinson concert, August 1, 2009 Continue

Added by Peter Marks on August 6, 2009 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Megan Henderson Update on the Brown Apple Moth

Check out this article on the measures that are being implemented to keep the Brown Apple Moth infestation in check. Some topics covered in the article include discussion about quarantines and eradication practices of this not so welcomed moth. http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=66511&htitle=Grapegrowers%20Fight%20Apple%20Moth Continue

Added by Megan Henderson on August 5, 2009 at 11:49am — 2 Comments

Rose Tyler The Top 6 Ways to Facilitate Your Dissertation Writing Process

Dissertation writing is not an easy task and it is extremely challenging for almost all students. Dissertation writing is the most important part of your degree. It requires dedication, perseverance, ability to do in-depth research and determination. writing dissertation is challenging but not impossible and you should try to facilitate your dissertation writing process by following the… Continue

Added by Rose Tyler on July 28, 2009 at 11:36pm — 1 Comment

Emilie Wyrick Franciscan Kitchen Summer Newsletter

This is the newest issue of Franciscan Kitchen Newsletter featuring Summer Corn from Brentwood, California. Read and Enjoy! … Continue

Added by Emilie Wyrick on July 2, 2009 at 11:36am — No Comments

Joel Reese Well-crafted songs make award-winning artists...Excellent grapes express themselves as fine wines!

Photo: (Michael Jordon, Mike Rennie (One of our owners) and Tim Kramer (our wine maker) I'm so honored to be in Temecula Wine Country in this most memorable and pivotal time in wine-making history. The quality of our grapes and the wines they express have spoken! We ar… Continue

Added by Joel Reese on May 26, 2009 at 11:34pm — No Comments

Joel Reese Temecula Valley Winery Host Honored for Customer Service

May 22nd, 2009. Issue 21, Volume 9. The Temecula Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) has named Joel Reese of Leonesse Cellars as the recipient of its inaugural Spotlight Recognition Award. Reese, who heads up the hosting and tours division for Leonesse Cellars, was se… Continue

Added by Joel Reese on May 24, 2009 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Emilie Wyrick Franciscan Kitchen Spring Newsletter

This is the newest issue of Franciscan Kitchen Notes featuring Oxbow Cheese Merchant and Spring Cheese. Read and Enjoy!… Continue

Added by Emilie Wyrick on April 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Melvin Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon '93, '96, '99, & '04 Verticle Tasting

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Added by Melvin on April 7, 2009 at 5:46pm — No Comments

Joel Reese Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher! - Japanese Proverb

Before my first winery job as a wine server, I studied and read about grapes, wines and vineyards for months. Yet what really brought it all to life for me was standing in the middle of the Rolling Hills - Estate Vineyard at Leonesse Cellars with owner, Mike Rennie. With gritty, sandy-loam soil under our shoes and a warm summer sun reddening our faces, Mike explained with a passion root-stocks, clones, bi-lateral cordons, spurs and canopy management. In a short time I felt like a certified grape… Continue

Added by Joel Reese on March 11, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

robhennigar TED thoughts...Willie Smits TED 2008 talk - A 20-year tale of hope: How we re-grew a rainforest

This was one of the many amazing talks from the TED conference that I recently attended. I will add more of my thoughts and comments on my experience in the future. Enjoy! Willie Smits talk

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Added by robhennigar on March 5, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

Peter Alig Winter Pruning in the To Kalon Vineyard

Given January's unseasonably warm and dry weather, grapevine pruning was able to begin much earlier than in past years.

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Added by Peter Alig on February 16, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

Arlyss Wine Travel Adventures. An interview with Harold Partain

I would like to introduce Harold Partain. Harold is an old buddy of mine from college and a Travel Agent.In the ensuing years we have traveled together several times. I knew he had a penchant for putting great wine with great food, but I had no clue that he could turn this pas… Continue

Added by Arlyss on February 3, 2009 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Melvin The Library...

The Library of Robert Mondavi! Where history began and the day the winery opened! Hmmm... what year was that? Continue

Added by Melvin on December 5, 2008 at 5:33pm — No Comments

Cheryl Hall Back of the Napkin - Conveying complex ideas with simple drawings

For a conference focused on elearning development, Dan Roam's contention that simple drawings are one of the best teaching tools may have seemed like heresy, but its not. His book, Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures is based on some principles of brain function that are beginning to be understood. If over 3/4 of the neurons in our brains are d… Continue

Added by Cheryl Hall on November 13, 2008 at 9:24pm — No Comments

Cheryl Hall mTesting...noone is safe anymore

The teachers have won. OnPoint Digital and a hand full of other tool providers have discovered how to reach out and test you wherever you are, provided you have a cell phone or other data-enabled device. They have the ability to capture responses through text messages, responses to audio prompts (think automated response systems) and HTML, XML, J2M and other formats. They also have a native application capability that allows content providers to push t… Continue

Added by Cheryl Hall on November 12, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Cheryl Hall Idea sharing as caffeine replacement

For those who want to kick the caffeine habit, I highly recommend getting into a room with other people who are interested in the same things you are and want to learn more. Sat through a Breakfast Byte about mlearning with Judy Brown, someone who has been a technologist for 40 years. She is a retired professor who spends all her time following what is happening in the mlearning space and she can't keep up. That speaks to how fast things are happening here.… Continue

Added by Cheryl Hall on November 12, 2008 at 10:07am — 1 Comment

Peter Alig Facelift for H-Block

A major replanting project is underway in Robert Mondavi Winery’s historic To Kalon Vineyard. A 31-acre plot known as H-Block, last planted in 1989 to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, will be replanted in 2009 solely to Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Added by Peter Alig on October 25, 2008 at 3:27pm — 12 Comments

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