Cross Your Fingers For Us!

So the Willamette Valley has been blessed to be skipped by all of this crazy weather. However, we haven’t been below freezing since December. All of the vines, and other plants, are in their final stage of dormancy that is regulated by temperature. To stay dormant the temperature has to stay low. We are seeing a lot of trees pushing new growth and the vineyards may too.

This doesn’t sound like a big deal, but Oregon is known to have frost days up until mid May. If we get a cold snap and all of these vines start sprouting, we could see a dramatic decrease in yields. Of course for this blog I am most worried about the tasty goodness that is Willamette Valley wine, but we have a lot of nurserys in Oregon and if this does happen a lot of young and bare root trees could die as well.

So please, cross your fingers our good weather stays good through till May! I know it’s a lot to ask, but there is a lot at stake.