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Morning Ya'll,

      Well, Spring showers certainly showed themselves over the past several days.  We received lots of rain and signs of spring are all around.  The vineyard is all but complete with tying and will be done very soon in duetime for bud break.  The next step in the vineyard will be bringing the wires back down in preparation of the new growth in 2009.
      The warm weather that will be coming over the next several days will promise to push bud swell and I would not be surprised to see some bud break around the vineyard.  I have noticed over the past several years that bud break coincides with the big bloom of the dandelions.  I was in the vineyard yesterday with Jim and we noticed sprouting of dandelions here and there.  The vineyard is truly beautiful when the dandelions are in full bloom.  
      Shortly I will be going with Rudy to conduct a tasting with our new distributor.  It is never to early to drink wine as it is always noon somewhere in the world!  We are scheduled to have our meeting/tasting at 6:45AM!  
      Matt and I have been busy developing our new wine tasting note campaign.  We have developed an "odd-fer-mercial" of sorts.  The JuanMaker is the new character that we have developed.  There have been many likeness's used to describe the Juan Maker, but ultimately it is an opportunity to have fun with wine tasting notes.  We want to make them more interactive and have fun at the same time.  If we can get a chuckle out of people and/or get people scratching there heads, we have succeeded.  So please check out the following link to youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWLqhpVsXhI  Please feel free to share this with friends, family, or any goats you may know!  Pass on the fun!  There will be more of the JuanMaker in the future.  So, keep an eye out for further adventures of the JuanMaker!  Please also let guests at the tasting room know about the JuanMaker.  The best way to get updates is to follow the JuanMaker on Twitter, Facebook on Martha Clara's page as well as the JuanMakers page.  We will also be posting this on our MySpace page as well!