Last month was fruit set: grape flowers bloomed, pollinated, and grew into tiny green, hard, acidic marbles of grapes; the month before, our vines developed...

Last month was training time: our farmers set their vines up for success with careful canopy management.  Vineyards are full grown at this point and...

Last month, vines were waking up, stretching their little beginnings of shoots skywards to the warming sun.  Though they start small, these shoots move fast. ...

Winter is behind us and vineyards are coming out of their long sleep.  Fuzzy green envelopes of tiny leaves unfold with the warming weather.  These...

Winter ends next week, and the vineyard knows it.  For weeks now, vines have channeled sap up from the subterranean safety of their roots and...

Last month, we shaped vineyards with shears in preparation for this year’s growth.  This month, yellow and white flowers sprinkle a fresh green cover crop...

Pruning is the single most important variable in both vineyard management and winemaking.  For all the fancy, expensive equipment available in wine and viticulture today,...

Vineyard Journal, December 2021: Taking Stock Last month we tucked our vines into their winter hibernation with a last hurrah of vibrant foliage.  Remaining leaves...

"COLOR-CODED CARPET: Leaf colors advertise differing grape varieties in blocks of Napa Valley vines.” Vineyard Journal, November 2021: Winding down the vines Last month we...