Harvest Napa Valley 2014 Coming to a Close — Year: 2014

Start! Stop! Go!

The cool, autumn-like weather late last week gave Napa Valley’s vintners and growers a break from picking grapes and allowed a bit of time for catching up in the cellar. There was flurry of picking activity mid-week, right before two short, intense storms passed quickly through the valley pausing vineyard activity for a couple of Read the full article…

Harvest Peaks as Autumn Begins

This week, fall officially arrived in Napa Valley – and it wasn’t just the calendar telling us we’re heading into a different time of the year. The grape harvest is reaching its peak and many vintners and growers have now passed the halfway mark for bringing in the 2014 Napa Valley wine grape crop. Mother Read the full article…

Harvest Heats up

Warm weather last week spurred a jump in maturity levels of red wine grapes, with the Cabernet Sauvignon harvest now in rock and roll mode. Even Cabernet Franc, often late to the harvest game, is being brought in, along with what looks to be the picking finale over the next week or so of other Read the full article…

Reds Racing Toward Ripeness

Under the glow of the harvest moon, it’s been a busy week of wine grape picking in the Napa Valley. Nearly all the white grapes have been brought in, pressed and put in tanks and now the reds are beginning to overflow in macrobins. Merlot, Zinfandel and Syrah are being harvested in a serious way, Read the full article…