今日ようやく巨峰の房きりが終わった。
いつもながら怒涛の2週間だった。
ただ、今年は巨峰畑を減らしたので
例年ほどのプレッシャーがなかったのは
事実だった。また、この2週間雨のため
に中断することもなかった。

雨がなかったせいで、いつもは
雨の情報とにらめっこしても予定が立たない
薬散が非常にスムースで、そういう意味でも
精神的に助かった。これから低温が
なければ実止まりも確保されるだろう。
さて、明日は早朝からワイン葡萄の薬散だ。
いい葡萄ができるのが楽しみです。

I have finalized bunch forming of Kyoho
today. As always, it was very rushing
and hasting two weeks. Because I reduced
Kyoho vineyards by 30%, I have not had
pressure like before and the operation was
not disturbed by sudden rainfall.

What is more, the scheduling of spary was
very smooth, too because of no rain. I usually
have to worry about the date of spraying all
the time. It relieved me a lot.

From now on, if we do not have low
temperature, we will have good bunches
with sound growth of the baby berries.
Now, I can go and spary on the winegrape
from early tomorrow morning. I really look
forward to great harvest.

今日というか、昨日6月11日
長野県原産地呼称管理委員会の
官能審査会があり、
私の「楠ヴィニヤーズ　セミヨン/ソーヴィニオン・
ブラン2008」が、無事認定ワインになりました。

今回須坂産葡萄を使ったワインとしては
唯一の認定です。
名だたる審査員の方々に認めてもらって
嬉しい限りです。
会場での評判もよかったような…。

There held the Nagano Appellatio Control
tasting session in Nagano on the 11th.
My wine, Kusunoki Vineyards Semillon/Sauvignon
Blanc was approved as NAC.

It is the only wine that was made by the
grape grown in Suzaka. According to a few
assessor of the tasting session, it received
good points among the participating wines.
I am very glad to have been approved by
the famous assessors.

須坂の新しいフリーペーパー。
須坂の元気まま応援マガジン
「ペチャクチャ」に出した
初めての広告。　
「毎日頑張っているママへ…」の
理由。

一番小さい娘を連れていた友人に
思わず言った言葉「大きくなったね～！
もうこんなに大きいの～！」

友人「そうじゃないんだよ。大きくしたんだよ。
ここまでするのに大変だったんだから!
皆勝手に大きくなったと思っているけど
本当に大変だったんだから！」

なるほど。正論です。
3人目とはいえ、いえそれだけに
毎日手をかけて育てているお母さんの
本音でしょうね。きっとすご～く大変
だったんだろうな。

たまには美味しいジュースやワインで
癒されてね。
…いや、癒されるのは子供の寝顔か。

A brand new free papar in Suzaka.
It is called a Magazine for the
mothers taking care of kids,
''Pecya*Kucya''.

I made an advertisement as
below which says ''Wines for the mothers
making everyday efforts.''

Below is the reason of such a catch:

I met a friend with her youngest baby
and said ''She's become so big now!
What a surprise !''

She denied immediately saying ''No, it's not!
I raised her. It was really a hard work to
make her like this! Everybody thinks a babies
become big by themselves but it was
really a hardwork for a mother!''

Oh yeah. She is right.
The baby was her third girl and it should
be no less easy to raise her among her
kids. It should be a really hardwork.

As such, I hope the mothers will be
thanked and relieved from time to time
with tasty juices and good wines.
Uh...kids' sleeping faces must be
really healing.

最近少々思うこと。

アニメの殿堂。
こんなの造ればまた、理事長だの
運営費だのが必要になる。
天下りポストを増やすだけじゃないの？
巷間言われているように、削ってしまった
母子家庭に対する補助等を復活するのが
先でしょう。漫画博物館なら京都の
方にあったような。

農林中金子会社に天下りポスト。
やれやれ、監督官庁との関係を維持する
のに必要なんだと。そんなポストに着く
方も厚顔無恥。サブプライムローン
不動産バブル、GPA破綻、株バブル破綻
等々で生じた損失に対して一体誰が
責任を取ったのか。目はお役所にしか
向いていないのか。そんなところに
大枚使って。

5兆円の輸出産業を守るために
1兆円の国内農業を人身御供
にした政府と行政。
今度は食糧安保のために
海外での開発農業の支援に
力を入れる方針らしい。
いつでも安い農産物を
輸入できる(?)ような仕組みを
つくるより国内農業の充実
が先じゃあないの。
先の穀物高騰の折の様に
産出国が輸出規制かけたら
どうするの？

輸入米（事故米が含まれていない
という保証はどこにもない）は
安い味噌を作るために必要らしい。
業界団体が輸入米の検査の厳格化に
文句をつけているらしい。
安いものを買うのが何かを犠牲に
すると言うことになってしまったのは
不幸だよね？

A few things to think about at recent news.

General Media Institute (Hall of Animation).
It reminds me of creating a new post for the
ex-bureaucrats and the extra-budget expenditures
which is not checked by anybody.
I thinnk the government should restore the
cut budget for the single families.
Isn't there a animation museum in Kyoto?

A new post for an ex-bureaucrats at
the Central JA Bank subsidiary.
They say it is necessary to keep a good
relationsip with the cenetral agency
in charge. Shame on you who is willing
to take that post. Who has taken the
responsiblities for the huge loss at
the bank at such occasions as sub-prime
loan issue, real estate bubble, GPA failure,
stock market bubble, etc. There is such
unhappy tendency for certain people
to look at the agencies in charge.
How much are they going to spend for it?
Good grief!

In order to protect the export industry
which was worth of 50 trillion yen, the
government sacrificed the domestic agriculture
industry which was worth of 10 trillion yen.
Now the government seem to support the private
companies to develop agriculture business
abroad for the food security. I think it more
important to strengthening the domestic
agriculture rather than to establish
a system to import cheaper agricultural
produces from abroad. As we experienced
some month agao, the export countries
enforced export regulations at the time
of cereal price hike worldwide. Even Japanese
comapanies owns the products, what if the
export countries would limit the export?

I heard that the imported rice were in
demand by the Miso making industry in
Japan in order to make cheap miso which
we alwayas see at supermarkets. As such,
such industry require the ministries in
charge to loosen inspection system
which had became stricter after the
accident rice problem in a last few
years. We better think what we are
sacrificing to buy cheap foods.

多分スカシバの幼虫。
上田のほうではこれで
大分パープルもやられたらしい。

木屑様の塊が枝についていて、
それを取り払うと新梢に
穴が開いている。

穴より基側を切り開くと、
もぬけの殻。

反対側（先端の方）を見ると
穴から頭が覗いている。

中にはやっぱりいましたね～。
こんな格好して驚くほど動きは
すばやい。見つけ次第捕殺。

A kind of moth which sometimes
mada a huge damage to grapes.
Young Nagano Purple vines in Ueda
area seemed to have been damaged
by this kind of pest.

When you find a sawdust like
clod, remove it and you will find
a hole on the new shoot.

I found one and cut the　base
side of the shoot around the hole. There was
nothing.

Then looked at the other side of
the shoot, then I saw the head of
the larva.

Inside the hole, there was one.
It moves very quickly and you should be
careful not to lose it. Whenever you find
one, you have to smash it.