Bud Break Begins in Napa Valley March 11, 2021
The first signs of bud break for 2021 appeared in the Carneros AVA. Photo by Chris Hyde of Hyde Vineyards.
Napa, CA (March 10, 2021) – Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) announces that bud break has begun in Napa Valley, marking the beginning of the winegrape growing season. “We’re seeing the first signs of bud swell on Pinot Noir in the Carneros AVA, with some buds pushing their first leaves this week” said Chris Hyde, General Manager at Hyde Vineyards and NVG member, “within the month, dependent on weather conditions, bud break will ramp up throughout our property.”
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Tolenas Winery winemaker and co-owner Lisa Howard samples some of the winery s recent vintage, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Armijo graduate serves as lead winemaker at Tolenas Winery
SUISUN VALLEY Lisa Howard wanted to run away as fast and as far as she could after finishing up at Armijo High School.
She went to Cal Poly and earned an engineering degree. She ended up in Arizona building large irrigation systems for farmers.
It was then her husband told her she was a “fish out of water.”
She returned to Suisun Valley six years ago and now serves as lead winemaker at Tolenas Winery. The house she grew up in – her parents are Steve and Linda Tenbrink – sits next to the winery.
I have been a resident of Wooden Valley for about three years. During this time I have personally contacted the Napa CHP office as well as called numerous times. The purpose for all contacts were in regard to their failure to address the flagrant disregard for all traffic laws in the Wooden Valley area.
On one call to their office, I spoke with a female officer and explained the purpose for my call. Her reply was I m familiar with the traffic issues there because that s the way I commute to work. Really?
On another call, I spoke with a male officer who stated we haven t had any deaths there yet. Really? Is that what it takes to provide enforcement?