Many Napa winemakers are giving the 2024 vintage a thumbs up despite some challenging growing conditions, like almost 40 days of 100-degree heat.
In the North Bay, Napa Valley grape growers are taking stock of this year's harvest. Many winemakers are giving the 2024 vintage a thumbs up despite some challenging growing conditions, likeIt's the last day of grape pressing at Rombauer Vineyards in St. Helena. A purple rain of fruit from the 2024 harvest was being collected Thursday by senior winemaker, Richie Allen and his crew.
"Here is Cabernet from St. Helena, we can tell by the aroma it's a high-quality lot. It has the right amount of extract and tannin we want," said Allen. Allen says the quality of the grapes is looking good despite some challenges during the growing season."This year, we counted 38 to 40 days of above 100 degrees, that's a big difference from years past, especially 2023 when we had 8 to 10," said Mike Stornetta from Stornetta Made Farm and Vineyard Management.
"I say it's a good harvest is when nothing goes wrong, while it's been warm nothing's gone wrong," Allen added. One of the biggest challenges to the harvest has nothing to do with growing grapes. Wine consumption is down globally in recent years."Wine sales are not what they used to be," Stornetta added."Wine is still the number one thing that people go to at dinner table, so now, how do we get people back and that's what drives innovation," said Allen.Copyright © 2024 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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