Preparation for planting the vines began in the summer of 1992. First the soil was ripped to a depth of two and a half feet three different ways with the last pass following the contours of the land.
A crew of five men with a bucket loader spent a week removing rocks, roots and stumps from the 4 acre field. A box scrapper leveled the ground in preparation for planting a cover crop.
The first shoots push through the soil. Irrigation lines are in place in anticipation of summer heat.
The hard working Palo Alto Vineyard Managment crew picking our grapes on a cool September morning.
