On May 12 we said "goodbye" to our first intern at CZ, Kelsey Jeffers. Kelsey did a super job helping out at the vineyard and was a great help with the Japanese beetle project, vineyard soil analysis, and wine tasting class. Good luck with all, Kelsey!

Grape breeding this year is going great guns with hybrids on the Foxy Vixen, Foxy Vixen seedling #1, MN1095, Crump's cordifolia, 03-1-1, 04-3-2, and a wide selection of aestivalis layers and seedlings. Last year's hybrids are germinating and there are a pile of them to transplant - somewhere!

It has been dry, but the vineyard is in great shape. So far only one spray this year. It may go to post-bloom before another is needed.