Join us Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 at 6:30 P.M. for a very fun webinar: Shoveling the Tank: A Talk with Harvest Interns Join us to listen to the story of the 2021 vintage as told by three harvest interns who are among the first to taste and touch the fruits of this year’s harvest. Sommelier Read the full article…
The Napa Valley harvest is intensifying as growers start to bring in Cabernet Sauvignon. At Clif Family Winery on Howell Mountain, Laura Barrett harvested a block of Cabernet Sauvignon three days ahead of schedule in anticipation of last week’s thunderstorms, which turned out to do little more than dust off the grapes. Read the entire Read the full article…
The story of the year is less water, but as Ken points out in this video, if that is having an impact on the grapes themselves, it is a positive impact for the taste and complexity of the 2021 vintage. While we’ll have less grapes, those we’ll have this year show lots of promise for Read the full article…
Our friends at Stewart Cellars posted a great post on Instagram yesterday about the yields and what that means for taste. Here’s what they had to say: Pictured here are normal sized berries vs average size berries for this 2021 harvest. Yields are extremely low in the vineyards for a number of reasons: frost damage Read the full article…
Last week, the wineries of Napa Valley shared team photos and it was great to see the faces of the folks out there working hard to harvest the 2021 vintage! These are the families and friends making your Napa Valley wine. Cheers!