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This is a radar map of Napa and Sonoma Counties at 10pm this evening. That green is rain. And it's been pouring pretty hard here in Glen Ellen for about an hour. The rain looks as though it should pass in about an hour or two.
Unfortunately more rain is forecast for Friday. What we are looking for here tomorrow is some good breezes and some sun. There's probably a good 20% of the grapes still hanging.
I hate this shit!
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There are still lots of grapes hanging up here in Mendocino.
Posted by: Casey Hartlip | October 10, 2007 at 05:56 AM
YOU hate this? I'm a *GROWER*, dammit! We've had at least one somewhat soothing call back from Joe Votek saying, "don't worry about it, Cabernet is tough, it'll be fine."
Hard to feel soothed, though, when you think about how much more this pushes harvest back on the calendar...
Posted by: Randy | October 10, 2007 at 09:23 AM
Would you be as worried if we had different approaches to growing and if pyrazines and other vegetal characteristics were considerec desirable?
Posted by: Arthur | October 10, 2007 at 11:30 AM
It seems that most stuff hanging is not even really green anymore and winemakers are just trying to get some more sugar.....
Posted by: Morgan Twain-Peterson | October 12, 2007 at 07:52 AM
Just got back from Sonoma, and all of the winemakers were freakin' out. I'm with Arthur...
Posted by: Joe | October 16, 2007 at 04:33 PM