We headed up the eastern mountains out of St Helena to the side of Howell Mountain to have Meghan Zobeck give us an update from the vineyards at Burgess Cellars. The 2021 vintage has made it through bloom and is looking good as we head into summer!
2021 Harvest
We have “bloom” in Carneros at McKenzie-Mueller Winery
As noted in the video from a few weeks ago by Chris Hyde, the next stage in growing grapes after budbreak is “bloom”. There is a good description of the process at https://winerabble.com/viticulture-101-grape-bloom-flowering-and-fruit-set-in-the-vineyard/. Our friends at McKenzie-Mueller Winery – who are just a mile or 2 from where we talked to Chris Hyde in Carneros Read the full article…
Harvest 2021 update from Keenan Winery on Spring Mountain in Napa Valley
Rain then sun and the flowers come in Napa Valley
2021 Harvest Update from Carneros in Napa Valley with Chris Hyde of Hyde Estate
We asked Chris Hyde of Hyde Estate to give us a vineyard update from (windy!) Los Carneros in the southern end of Napa Valley. Los Carneros is a cooler area of Napa Valley, with prevailing marine winds from the San Pablo Bay and through the Petaluma Gap to the west. High temperatures during summer rarely Read the full article…




