The Winning Team

Wow, just learned this afternoon that my team 'won' the crop projection exercise we did last week - we had to project how much Sauvignon Blanc we had for the winemaker (what was harvested this morning). "Pick complete for Block 7, and the total was 43.5 tons. The winning team for the crop estimate is MGMBL - they predicted 41.7 tons. They'll announce who they are in next Thurday's class." Mark, Gery, Maria, Barbara and LYNN! How did we do it? Count # of rows of vines, # of vines in each row, estimate # of missing/non-producing vines, allow a percentage for sunburn/disease, weigh samples to get average cluster weight in lbs., figure average cluster # per vine, times the total # of vines, divide by 2000 lb. Easy!