Overall, the crop yield may be light though quality looks good, said Glenn Proctor, partner at Ciatti Brokerage Company. It also may be an early and compressed season, with everything coming in at once. Read the entire article at https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=250083

In our latest vintage update focused on the 2021 vintage in Napa Valley, we went just north of St Helena to chat with Laura Díaz Muñoz, GM and Winemaker at Ehlers Estate. We wanted to know how she “stays cool” when we get hot weather in the valley. Although we haven’t seen real heat issues Read the full article…

Winemaker Pauline Lhote Calls the Harvest Mood in Napa Valley ‘Celebratory’ and Fruit Quality ‘Excellent’ Despite Water Challenges this Growing Season   Sparkling wine maker Chandon California officially and ceremoniously announced the start of Napa Valley’s wine harvest on August 4th, with Head Winemaker Pauline Lhote calling one of the first picks of the 2021 Read the full article…

Here’s the grape report so far for Napa Valley’s 2021 Harvest: July 30th – St Supéry – SB from Dollarhide (Napa Valley AVA) August 3rd – Honig SB (Napa Valley AVA, southeast corner of Napa County) August 3rd – Mumm (Chard for sparkling from Pope Valley) August 4th – Chandon (Chard for sparkling from their Read the full article…

We caught up with Rebekah Wineburg, winemaker at Quintessa & Illumination, to chat about crop load for Napa Valley’s 2021 vintage. In a normal year in Rutherford (in the center of Napa Valley), they would normally do 2 passes to “drop fruit”, but this year due to less growth, they have only done one pass Read the full article…