It’s that time of year again. The time when even the local might be tempted to pull off the road to get a photo of the amazing fields of yellow that cover Napa Valley. This happens every February and we never grow tired of it. We think yellow looks good on Napa Valley! The photo Read the full article…
We had a Dry January (rainwise, not winewise) until the end – the last week brought over 2 inches to parts of Napa Valley. Above some historical perspective from http://cenapa.ucanr.edu/about/weather/?weather=station&station=109
Lots of interesting weather over the last few days and in the forecast. Winter for the vines in Napa Valley means rain and we’ll take all we can get right now. We’ve had some high winds as well but that seems over. Today has been sunny one moment then rainy the next. Great not only Read the full article…
We had snow in the higher elevations last night. This happens in Napa Valley occasionally – maybe every 5-7 years or so. This is a photo from Howell Mountain from Craig Philpott on Twitter. Does snow hurt the vineyards? Nope – absolutely not. It is pretty to see!
We have had cold mornings in Napa Valley the last few days and a few rainy days. But the majority of the rain is ahead of us. Below is the forecast for the next week or so. Lots of rain! This is important to us here in the valley as we need to fill our Read the full article…