The forecast calls for a very wet end of a very dry year. We’ll take it!
More rain coming into Napa Valley
More rain coming into Napa Valley — Harvest Updates
The realities of harvest
What does it feel like to be part of Napa Valley’s famed annual harvest? SommTV did a great recap you don’t want to miss. https://mag.sommtv.com/2021/11/napa-valley-harvest/
Napa Valley’s 2021 Harvest is Pure Joy
11/1/2021 – St. Helena, CA – Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) is pleased to report exceptional quality wines are on the way from the 2021 Napa Valley vintage. The vintage will be remembered for low yields with intensely–flavored, small–sized berries and a smooth and uneventful harvest season. Harvest began early with white wine grapes picked on July 30th and red wine grapes beginning on August 31. “The joy is back,” said Read the full article…
A pretty crappy graph but an important topic…
How important was the rain over the weekend? Well, it’s more rain than we had all growing season (Oct 20 – September 21). While some #NapaValley vineyard ponds are filling back up because of this downpour, we still need a good prolonged rainy season ahead of us. So keep doing the #raindance!
Heavy rains in Napa Valley
Over the weekend, we saw a remarkable amount of rain in the valley with as much as 11 or 12 inches reported in places. The photo above is from this morning from “AussieInNapa“. This rain is going to help tremendously as we set up for next year’s vintage coming off a really, really dry year Read the full article…