From little acorns...

...mighty wine-corks grow.
Since my previous post about oak trees two more have, ahem, fallen over. But please do not think that Vinomaker and I are arboreally antagonistic. On the contrary, we have three baby cork oaks (Quercus suber), purposely propagated from acorns collected from two enormous cork oaks on the grounds of the Napa State Hospital, just waiting to be planted. Of course, they will be planted in an area that will not interfere with our vineyard activities.