Harvest marches on through the muddy waters

A wine label must have a good Napa Cab just to play the game and it appears that finally, with over 30 years of winemaking experience in the Napa Valley under our belt, the ship has come in!  The perfect storm of empty pockets, a long-cool summer and a typhoon off the coast of Japan converged in wine country.  Nature presented a promising vintage without the price tag… finally some room for the small family winery to catch up.  The call came in late last night so we spent the morning scrambling for tank space and a flat bed truck, enzymes, yeast, tow straps and picking bins which were lost at 4pm and found again at 445pm… it’s a go!  Harvest marches on through the muddy waters.  Tomorrow we SWOOP on Rutherford, scarecrows, movie stars and the famed Rutherford Dust.  The autumn wind is a Raider.  If all one had to do is press a button (or write a check) there just wouldn’t be any good stories to tell once we get there !