The Best Kept Secret

Winter in Wine Country is “the best kept secret”– at least that’s what I’ve always thought. I landed here in Sonoma County 8 years ago (almost to the day), and I have been working in the wine industry ever since. This means my career, and that of many others who...

Thousands Throng To Downtown Geyserville

Earlier this year we were almost into the Spring before any measurable precipitation fell. The recalcitrant high pressure ridge sitting off the West coast for 13 months had growers predicting dire yields, indeed it was imminent that irrigation would no longer be...

Done in 2 weeks?

I think harvest is going to be all over in a very compact amount of time. I believe that within the next two weeks almost everything will be picked. The hard part is the wineries do not have any room. What to do? All this hard work. What to do? Well when the going...

La Pisca

The harvest. I just can’t get enough. Well maybe I can. We are only two weeks in and everybody is starting to feel it. I see it. Sometimes I’m driving down the road and wonder where am I?  Sometimes nearing hallucinations. These picking crews we have are...