Hello from Southern California, here's where I'm at 3 months after planting

[todd91360]

I planted 176 Syrah vines in April, here in my back yard in Thousand Oaks. Here are 42 of them.

 

[Kraffty]

beautiful, going to be just awesome in a couple of years.

 

[David Violante]

Looks great!

 

[VinesnBines]

Welcome to the life of a vineyard! Looking fantastic!

 

[ChuckD]

It’s exciting isn’t it

 

[ibglowin]

 

[cmullin]

With the irrigation restrictions I am curious how the vines will get water? Grapes need 8 to 10 gallons a week per vine via UC extension. Some of that comes from rain, but 18 inches a year is not enough. I couldn't make it work in socal(I used to live in Van Nuys). I moved to the Willamette valley in Oregon, now we get about 50 inches a year. Tablas creek(Tablas Creek Vineyard Blog) in Paso Robles does dry farming, but they get about the same rain(although not the same distribution) as Burgundy.

 

[Joe B.]

Looks nice. Your rootstock, summer temperatures and soil will be a few of the factors that will dictate your water requirements.