Morning! It has been a pretty week eventful here at the vineyard and it will continue straight through the weekend. Sysco food group held there annual vendors event on Tuesday. There were all sorts of delights to be had from tasty beef, lamb, and seafood dishes to deep fried cheesecake and cappuccino's. People from many different restaurants were present to taste the wares from Sysco as well as sample our wines.
On Tuesday evening Kylie and Gina went from the NoFo to D.U.M.B.O. (Directly Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) to pour wines at an event. It was an event to benefit The American Cancer Society. Geri and I poured wines at an Event in Astoria, Queens. Dish Du Jour hosted the first ever, Best Burger of the Borough Battle. Both events went well with the exception of the rain we had to drive through.
It was pretty amazing returning to the vineyard on Wednesday morning. The Sysco event was done and there was little to no indication that any event had ever taken place. I was quite pleased to hear on Wednesday morning that at the conclusion of the event any unused food was picked up by Island Harvest.
This weekend will mark the unofficial beginning of Summer. You know it is almost summer on the farm when Bobby and his crew at American Tent are pitching a tent!
We will be ringing summer in with a bang! Our Red, White, and Barbecue Blues Festival will be held right here on the farm. We will have all of our great Martha Clara wines available along with Maple Tree 'cue, and Blues music by Kerry Kearney. Come one, come all! The weather looks as it will be a great day for enjoying the beauty of the farm! Please check out the website if you have any other questions.
A lot of people have been asking how the weather is effecting the vineyard. Honestly, right now some may say we are a little bit behind, but if we get a streak of warm weather we can catch right up. It looks as if we will be heading into some nice weather relatively soon. In the vineyard the guys have been disbudding. Disbudding is when we select shoots to be removed. We do this in an effort to help control the yield in the vineyard. It is a fairly simple task, but it is one that takes time to complete. I will have some photos of before and after disbudding.
Lastly, I would like to mention that we got a small write up for our Pinot Grigio on Lenn Thompson's Wine Blog. Check it out at www.lenndevours.com. We are mentioned in the section under Brooklyn Uncorked written on May 19, 2008. I have been getting a lot of great feedback from people about the Pinot Grigio, which is great to hear. Well, I hope all of ya'll have a great Memorial Day weekend and maybe I'll see you at the Festival!
Cheers,
Juan.
Juan Eduardo Micieli-Martinez
Winemaker - Martha Clara Vineyards
6025 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11901
Office 631.298.0075 x23
Fax 631.298.5502
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