We visited Crocker & Starr Wines Founding Winemaker and Owner, Pamela Starr, in May 2021 to have her give us an update from her vineyards just south of downtown Saint Helena, CA. Her vineyards are in the Saint Helena AVA.
As noted in the video from a few weeks ago by Chris Hyde, the next stage in growing grapes after budbreak is “bloom”. There is a good description of the process at https://winerabble.com/viticulture-101-grape-bloom-flowering-and-fruit-set-in-the-vineyard/. Our friends at McKenzie-Mueller Winery – who are just a mile or 2 from where we talked to Chris Hyde in Carneros Read the full article…
How is the 2021 vintage coming along? On Spring Mountain, in Napa Valley, it’s coming on quick up at Keenan Winery! We asked father and son – Michael and Reilly – to give us an update from the “magic vineyard”. Special cameo by Hashbrown in the background.
Last week we had some much needed rain. That was followed by some good sunny weather and next thing you know, we aren’t talking about budbreak, we are now talking about flowering. Should start any day now!
We asked Chris Hyde of Hyde Estate to give us a vineyard update from (windy!) Los Carneros in the southern end of Napa Valley. Los Carneros is a cooler area of Napa Valley, with prevailing marine winds from the San Pablo Bay and through the Petaluma Gap to the west. High temperatures during summer rarely Read the full article…