Syrah picked loaded. Winery here we come

Farmer tip of the day. Welding with crappie gloves has consequences

So sad, and obviously corrupt.

Proposed Congressional Map | California State Assembly

Spend a little time and take a look. I got involved in the redistricting last time around and it shocked me. It was the most openly corrupt process I have witnessed in local politics. Looking at these maps you don’t have to be particularly partisan to see this is gerrymandering. Some obvious issues, take a look at district 02. And well as Paso Robles. As well as the district I’m in, 04. Yuba City to Santa Rosa. We might as well be in different states.

Mid summer swing. Fermentations are rolling. Albariño, Roussanne and Viognier are all in the tanks and bubbling away. A nice break before the reds startup

Best empanadas outside of Argentina

Albariño sampling this morning, looks like it will be ready early next week. Sugar and acid are developing perfectly and the canopy and clusters are in great shape.

First day of the 2025 vintage. Harvest underway. Lining up to be a great year.

Last call for lambs for the 2025 season. Top quality meat raised regeneratively in our orchards and vineyard We have a few left unsold for this season. All grass fed/finished. 15% discount for BTC purchases.

ACS Product Category – Turkovich Family Wines

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Mourvèdre grapes ripening beautifully.

Friends and fellow prune farmers from Chile visited us today. It was interesting to reminisce I worked in Chile back in 2007. Back then Argentina was a socialist hell hole and had no future and Chile was the shining star of South America and a model from more the rest of the continent. Fast forward and today Argentina is on a fast track to a free market model for the rest of the developed world and Chile is regressing into a socialist backwater of South America. The world and time are fascinating

Summer sunset. Enjoying a little downtime before harvest starts. Monday tomatoes start. 1-2 weeks and grapes will get started and prunes shortly there after.

Super excited to have partnered with @PresidioBitcoin and supplying some wine to help advance BTC. Keep up the good work

Summer is here: cover crops have dried up. The residual crop residue has formed and armor protecting the soil. Keeping the soil temperature lower and the warm dry air circulates through the vines and keeps mildew pressure non existent. The clusters are developing nicely and ideal growing season so far

Pollinators out in full force on the artichokes

My plan was to be in Vegas this last week, but bottling schedule got in the way…all and all a good week for the family and good week for the farm/winery and a good week for BTC.

Looks simple, but there are only a handful of producers that graze their vineyards during the growing season. There is a ton of green washing going on in marketing these days. This is what regenerative farming looks like.

New all time high going to celebrate tomorrow night at our pizza night.

Before and after grazing. The lambs take a lot off the top. But about 30-40% remains for regrow to as well as is trampled which helps preserve moisture in the soil and keep soil microbes active and healthy

Moving in for the dangerous grazing pass of the year. Unaverted sheep in a growing vineyard. The sheep love grape leaves so we have to keep them moving so they remove some leaves from the vineyard but not hammer them and we loose all our crop

Spring time is the best, grazing crew is working until the sun goes down. Sunsets are amazing