Grapegrower Tom Rinaldi doesn’t like to call any harvest “normal,” but even he’s using it to describe the 2025 growing season.

After a few years of early picking, growers say this year’s harvest is either right on schedule or somewhat later than usual. Growers attribute the relaxed schedule to a wet winter and what Kristin Belair of Honig Vineyard & Winery calls “one of the coolest summers in decades.”