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Donna Hirschfelt

Donna has worked in agriculture for over 30 years in both private industry and as a Farm Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension. She has worked in vineyards all over California and is very familiar with viticulture around the world. Her expertise and teaching skills are respected throughout the wine and grape world.

After taking early retirement from UC, Donna began consulting. Whether you're looking for a long-term consultant, or need assistance with a single issue or project, Donna and her associates can provide viticulture and olive production expertise tailored to your needs.

She has experience working with large commercial and small home vineyards, olive orchards and wineries.  She is an expert in all areas of viticulture and holds a California PCA License.
Donna Hirschfelt
Viticulturist and Olive Consultant

Classic Viticulture

Ramble on Donna

 by Donna Hirschfelt on 04/08/11

Setting up a blog is not for a perfectionist or the faint of heart. First you have to come up with a name that will be catchy and look good when they reference it in the New York Times. Then you have to make sure that your description will Google properly. I am not good a cute, catchy names.The stress has me immobilized and procrastinating. But, I want to get this website up so I will fall back on words and sayings that make me comfortable. Classic viticulture works, because I really do practice pretty classic viticulture.  Not too techy, not too frou-frou, organic if I can, sustainable always, not biodynamic, not flashy. Just hard core, science-based viticulture. 

Plus I have a friend that always says, "Hirschfelt, you're a classic" which really says very little, but means plenty.

The title of this first post is from a musical reference. You either get it or you don't. It is in honor of two of my old victiculture buddies that are no longer with us.

Tomorrow I'll write about vineyards. I refuse to write about today since we had frost last night. Hell, we had snow down to 2000 feet in the Foothills. I am going to call tomorrow the official start to the season and hope the damage wasn't widespread.

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