Springtime Distractions
Above: Daffodils blooming on the drive up to the Tasting Room, and a bluebird that looks a little ruffled from the trip North this Spring!
All of this Spring happening around the Winery lately is making me thoughtful and hopeful. With the Spring season comes new beginnings, longer days and greener surroundings, and I find my thoughts straying constantly. I think about what new birds are going to come and perch on my feeder next, what I'm going to successfully grow in my organic garden this year, and whether or not #3 ranked University of Oregon will go all the way in the NCAA championships. These are serious topics, and the warm weather makes me optimistic about them all.
It's also a wonderful distraction when the daffodils (my favorite flower!) are jumping up in such abundance that you can't go anywhere outside the Tasting Room here without a bunch of bright yellow buds in tufts staring you in the face. The bluebirds are also back in the Vineyard to nest, and every once in a while a streak of bold cerulean will catch my eye outside the window. Soon the Pinot Noir vines will sprout tiny buds from the two fruiting canes they've been pruned back to, and we can look forward to budbreak in mid-April. Right now, we're all getting ready for the big release of our 2006 Rosé of Pinot Noir, definitely a Springtime wine favorite of mine, at the Dundee Hills Passport Tour this weekend. If you haven't had the pleasure of visiting our Tasting Room in the Spring, this is a perfect reason to make the trip!
It's definitely going to be a great Spring. Now, what to plant in my garden...