The Bay Area is having another record breaking hot day today. If this were 2004 or 2005, I would be worried but with the late start of the growing season, the hot weather is probably a good thing.

We have visited all of our vineyards over the last three weekends. Some notes and links:

• Brosseau (Arroyo Seco about 15 miles away and often warmer.)
  
• Chardonnay - light set with Ver Jus harvest date of about August 1
  
• Syrah - strong set on all clones
  
• El Dorado Vineyards(Camino weather station - east of Fenaughty about 1.5 miles.)
• Fenaughty Syrah looks great with a strong set
• Fenaughty Roussanne - yes something new for us - hard to tell.
• Girard Mourvèdre - this site is clearly behind where it was last year at this time
  
• Girard Grenache Noir - another new addition
• Wylie Syrah - Yep, we keep adding them but we didn't visit
• McDowell Valley (Hopland weather station - 2 to 4 miles west )
  
• Old Vine Syrah - everything looks good
  
• Old Vine Grenache Gris - large crop
  
• Broken Leg (Boonville - vineyard is cooler and gets more fog)
• Syrah - shows a good set which will probably need to have some fruit dropped
• Viognier
  
• Vidmar (Boonville - vineyard is warmer with less fog)
• Syrah - shows a good set on both clones
  
• Marin County (Barnaby - not sure how similar the weather)
• Chardonnay - another new one

A great map with real time temperatures can be found at http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=CA&rawsflag=1

Now off to the pool to cool down with my daughter.