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…
We asked Patrick Saboe, Director of Winemaking at The Wine Foundry in Napa Valley, how the 2021 wines are looking as they come into the winery. All in all, the growing season, other than a lack of water, in Napa Valley was pretty mild and the result is really good fruit coming into the wineries!
SOMMtv has been all over Napa Valley filming for Harvest 2021. In a few weeks (looks like October 15), we;ll get to see the entire episode. Check out the trailer:
Aaron Pott, owner and winemaker at Pott Wines, shared video of him doing punch downs. You might ask, what is a punch down anyway? In the early stages of winemaking, as the grapes start fermenting, winemakers will leave the grape skins in contact with the juice to extract color and tannin. A “punch down” refers Read the full article…
We’ve been hearing about smaller berry size and smaller clusters for Napa Valley’s 2021 vintage but does that matter to the taste? According to Macario Montoya, winemaker at Roots Run Deep Winery, it can be a very good thing for flavor and depth in a wine! For more information on Napa Valley’s wine, visit NapaValley.wine. Read the full article…