What are the chances of having two wet winters in a row? Very good, it seems! Grapevines like winter moisture, which helps to dilute any salts in the soil.

So far, we have survived better than ten inches of rain. The vines won’t be thirsty again until June

We have already started pruning with a small crew and will be adding more people this week. It will take the next 75-80 days to get all the vines pruned, one of the most important jobs that we do. What you prune in January and February is what you get in September and October.

We are picking as fast as we can. Our workers are doing a great job, which is good because additional workers are unavailable. Whatever happened to normal?

Better late than never. Harvest has just arrived in mid-September, about three weeks later than normal, which creates several problems.