Welcome to the August Briggs Blog
January 31, 2010
Rain-Affect and Effect
If you wonder what all this rain does to the vines....
Read | Comments (1)
November 18, 2008
A Coming Shortage in California Wine Grapes?
As reported in my harvest blogs from this year, we had a very short crop of grapes in 2008 for many varietals. This seemed to hit the north coast more than some other areas in California, but some experts are still predicting a shortage in California wine grapes in a few years...
October 6, 2008
Final harvest visit to the Luvisi 1908 Zinfandel vines
I thought I'd take one more look at our favorite vine and vineyard in its centennial year...
October 2, 2008
Last Crush Day 08 - Stagecoach vineyard Cab!
Cranking up our last day of crush at the winery today was a real family affair... - Joe's folks Bob and Betty were on hand to help out, as was Joe's wife Sally and, as usual, his nephews Aaron and Jesse.
September 26, 2008
Attack of the Clones - our Pinot Noir harvest
Many of you Pinotphiles out there have already heard a great deal of discussion about Pinot Noir "clones" over the past few years, and it's an interesting topic in a geeky sort of way...
September 18, 2008
Quick Harvest Update
Our first Cabernet of 2008 was brought in this week, from the Corbett vineyard on Spring Mountain here in Napa Valley...
September 11, 2008
A Quick Harvest Update
It's been a busy week at the winery, with many varietals coming in...
September 8, 2008
The Loneliest Harvest Job
Alas, poor Jesse and Aaron - they have to do the loneliest job of the harvest season...
September 5, 2008
Old Vine Zin Harvest - the Zin is IN!
Well, the good news is that all our Zin is now in, safe and sound, and the grapes tasted great - the bad news is....
September 4, 2008
Everything's ripening at once!
With no cooling morning fog and warm temperatures over the past week, growers are sending up alarms all over wine country that their grapes, no matter the varietal, are ripening quickly...
Viewing 1 - 10 of 32 | Next »