Harvest Update, 9/25


We wait and wait and wait....

Despite hot September days up and down California, our grapes are ripening slowly. Brix levels are all over the place. We maybe, report MAYBE picking Catie's Corner Viognier this week, brix on CC Viognier is up at 23.5 as reported by Joanie our vineyard manager this weekend. If that's the case, then we will be sorting soon.

Slower ripening conditions with Broken Leg Vineyard in Mendocino, Las Madres in Carneros, White Hawk in Santa Barbara. Probably next for harvest is Alta Mesa in Cuyama Valley. This is the big one, we rent a truck and pickup our grapes at dawn, can't wait.

But the name of the game in the last few weeks and up to harvest is tracking the low and high pressure systems over all of California. The trick is to keep the canopies and leaves pumping and ripening fruit without plumping the berries. Canopies are green & happy, Its a pretty sight...

We're keeping our fingers crossed, there's a long way to go...