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 While nature has been a little hard on this year's grape crop (frost, rain), our cattle herd and harvest continue to grow, so we have a little surplus of 2011 beef. That means there is no wait list right now to join the Beef Club and we can ship immediately. We think 2011's abundant rainfall and forage delivered our sweetest, best quality beef yet. Our Adelaida Springs Ranch Beef club gives you a 20% discount on two 25 lb. boxes of assorted cuts per year. Our list price for each beef pack is $200, but it's just $160 for Club members. As a member, you can buy more anytime (depending on availability) at the club discount and we can ship overnight, anywhere in California. Our 25 lb. beef packages make great gifts. Each box includes approximately:
- 6 lbs. steaks
- 6 lbs. roasts
- 8 lbs. ground beef
- 5 lbs. of stew meat, short ribs, ka bobs, etc.
Order your Beef Club Membership or one time Beef Intro Package now. |
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We submitted our 2008 Petite Sirah (93 pts), and 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (92pts) to the LA International Wine Competition and we are happy to report that both wines received gold medals. We've been loving these wines and getting great feedback from our customers, but it's nice to get some recognition from professional judges. The LA International Wine Competition began judging and awarding California wines shortly after the end of prohibition. The competition has since expanded into international wines as well as olive oil and spirits. This years competition received over 2400 wines.
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Bird Sightings at the Ranch |
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 Many thanks to local bird watcher Maggie Smith who, as part of a census of yellow billed magpies, came out to Adelaida Springs Ranch with her expert eye. Here are the results of her report, which offers a quick glimpse of the rich avian wildlife in our oak woodland habitat:
Location: SLO/Adelaida Springs Ranch
Observation date: 6/3/11
Notes: Laird Foshay graciously allowed me to survey his property for Yellow-billed Magpie. I drove to 2 locations Laird suggested. Cattle were present at both locations as well as many large oaks.
Number of species: 35
Mallard 4
California Quail 30
Wild Turkey 21
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Mourning Dove 8
Acorn Woodpecker 30
Nuttall's Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2
Black Phoebe 3
Ash-throated Flycatcher 3
Western Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Western Scrub-Jay 8
Yellow-billed Magpie 16
Violet-green Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 8
Oak Titmouse 8
Bushtit 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 5
Western Bluebird 15
European Starling 50
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
California Towhee 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 30
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 3
House Finch 25
Lesser Goldfinch 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Vineyard Update March 2011 |
Pruned Cabernet vine & discarded wood
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