February 15 - March 7, 2026 
Tuesday February 24, 2026
I have been so busy writing down in my new Appointment book, that I forgot to write in this diary. I have several new doctor appointments to see if the pain in several sections of my body can be improved. One of them was with an orthopedics doctor and I have a follow up with him next Month. He prescribed more MRIs in my back to see if he could do something to relieve my pain in my back. The other new doctor is a Rheumatologist to see if the pain in my neck and hand at night can be solved. I also have appointments for my on going left eye problem.
The other strange thing that happened was that someone tried to transfer money out of my Schwab account. Tomorrow, I will have more to say about all these matters and wine developments.
Wednesday February 25, 2026
There is too much to say about some interesting medical appointments so I will have to give more details after the appointments in the next two weeks.
As far as winery developments, I need to taste some samples tonight to get a better feel for what barrels I will use going forward. I will still be aging all our wines for 16 months except Rose and Whites. But some of our wines will be aged in different types of American oak than before and we will be using more French oak, especially for our Zinfandel based wines. This morning I watched and listened to two expert sales people for American and French oak talk about how different our 2025 wines showed now. I did not taste this morning but will try the wines tonight. I am learning more about how a new barrel can change our wines. So as I mentioned before I want the vineyard to show more in our wines, but also the grape it self shows better in different barrels. As you can tell I am a little confused about which barrels to use but I do know we will not be bottling our reds in July, only in January so the wines will be aged for 16 months. I Will have fun tonight when I taste many of our 2025 barrel samples.
Dave
For any comments or questions I encourage any of you to e-mail.....david@coffaro.com
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