We get asked this question all the time: Is this year’s vintage later or earlier than “Normal”. It’s a harder answer than it might seem (what is normal?), so we asked Andrew Opatz, the Director of Vineyard Operations at Chappellet Vineyard to give us a quick update on where the 2024 vintage is compared to Read the full article…

We met up with Scott Young at his vineyards at Young Inglewood Vineyards last week and, while spring is always a scramble, he says they are all caught up and looking good and waiting for the next stage – veraison! Veraison is when the grapes stop growing in size and start to actually ripen into Read the full article…

Here in Napa Valley, where much of our vineyard work is done by hand and multiple touches in the vineyard are needed for grape quality, it takes a large team to get the wine to your hands. Here, 3 families are working hard together to bring you the highest quality wines that can be produced. Read the full article…