@VinesnBines is absolutely right! This has many benefits. You'll get to:Check with local vineyards. They will know someone or will be a consultant.
Yeah, that’s a good way to go about it. I have experience from working at several wineries and I own my own vineyard as well. But people are generally friendly in the wine industry in regards to helping amateurs or home winemakers.I’ve reached out to multiple big name wineries here in Paso Robles for help as I’ve been starting my vineyard. I generally email the vineyard manager directly but have also had success going via the [email protected] address. If I provide them with a short background and then a specific question like what clones and rootstocks are you using for your Grenache or “what soil testing lab do you use”, I‘ve had about a 90% response rate within 48 hours. I’m careful not to abuse it, not asking the same guy more than a question every month or so.
It has actually been probably the biggest positive surprise of the whole experience- these guys grow 100s if not 1000s of acres of grapes and yet they take the time to respond to an amateur planting 0.8 acres. Really nice to see….
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