After one of the coolest springs and summers on record (see California 2010 – lean and mean?), heat has finally arrived in California, sending sugars soaring and winemakers gearing for an onslaught of grapes during the next month. Strange that summer weather arrived in California a week after the calendar said summer was over…
In Napa and Sonoma last week, temperatures in the 90s ºF – typical during harvest in Northern California – made their first sustained appearance and are predicted to continue for the near future, giving vintners hope that they can complete the harvest before...