Rob Hunter, winemaker at Bennett Lane, shared with us that budbreak doesn’t just signify that the wines are getting to work, it also means that vineyard managers all over Napa Valley will get to work, starting with removing extra buds that pop up all over the grapevine. If left, these buds would turn into canes, Read the full article…

Samantha Rubanowitz, Viticulturalist at Schramsberg Vineyards / Davies Vineyards, gives us an update from atop Diamond Mountain to kick off the 2024 vintage in Napa Valley. Typically, Napa’s mountain vineyards experience #Budbreak slightly later than southern Napa and the valley floor, so most of the valley has been through budbreak at this point. The #2024vintage Read the full article…

It hardly seems possible after the very long harvest of the 2023 vintage, but the start of the 2024 vintage in Napa Valley is happening! Last Friday – March 1st – Hyde Vineyards shared that they were having bud break in south Napa Valley. And away we go!