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!
Our friends at SommTV are in the valley filming a Napa Valley harvest episode likely to release in October. They sent us these cool shots of them on location:
Napa Valley growers spent the last week harvesting high-quality, low-yield white varietals, and some are already bringing in reds. Honig Vineyard & Winery has finished with Sauvignon Blanc and harvested some young Malbec, producing the “unusual scenario” of whites and reds overlapping, according to Kristin Belair. Read the entire article at https://napavalleyregister.com/community/star/news/napa-valley-harvest-report-a-busy-week-in-the-vineyards/article_87150a32-dd65-5db4-ae9a-8e370f64a3d9.html
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