Good Morning Winemakers,

We have been busy picking grapes, pressing juice, and loading trucks.

Lodi & Central Valley Grapes and Juices:

Get excited because this weekend we will have ALL varieties of grapes and juices in from Lodi and Central Valley!

Grape Labels:

• Caterina
• Valley Beauty
• Cry Baby
• Teaser
• Lugano
• Lucerene
• Lodi Gold
• Costamagna
• Mettler Ranch
• Smiling Baby
• Muscat King
• Treasure
• California Special
• Ancient Vine

• Lodi Gold
• Colina del sol
• California Select
• Cry Baby
• Bella California

Suisun Valley:

The Merlot, Barbera, Sangiovese, and Primitivo have started harvesting and will start rolling in this week. We are almost sold out of the Lanza-Musto Brunello Clone Sangiovese and we are sold out of the Koch Cabernet Sauvignon. The Valley Cabernet is getting close to harvest, and the Cabernet 169 should be harvesting soon.

The Mettler Ranch Merlot will be here for the weekend of September 28^th. This Merlot is all sustainably farmed using the LODI RULES protocol. The Merlot out of this ranch creates wines of sweet cherry, plum, baking spices, cherry cola, and dusty terroir. To read more about LODI RULES and what it means to be sustainably certified click here.

Contra Costa:

The Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, and Sangiovese are almost ready for crushing. The Nebbiolo should be arriving by the weekend of September 28^th, and the Dolcetto and Sangiovese should follow. Click here to read more details about where our Italian grapes are grown and winemaking tips for working with these grapes.  The Aglianico, Nero D’Avola, and Montepulciano should harvest around September 30^th and be in for the first or second week in October.

Russian River:

The Russian River Pinot Noir is HERE. Please give us a call to pick up your pre-order.

Washington State:

The Pinot Noir from Washington should be here by September 28^th. If you pre-ordered the Washington State Pinot Noir give us a call to pick up your order. The Merlot should start harvesting next week, and the Cabernet and Cabernet Franc are still ripening. See the Harvest Tracker for Washington Brix numbers. The Merlot is harvesting this week, and will be here around October 3^rd.

Paso Robles:

More Paso Pinot Noir is on its way. Winemakers Maureen Macdonald and Christina Musto made wine from these grapes in 2017 and loved it. Make sure to check out the harvest video here for more information on these gorgeous grapes.

Reminder – Keep up to date!

Keep track of our Harvest Tracker , our Facebook Page, Instagram, Youtube Channel, and Winemaker Blog, for real time updates as the grapes start to come off the vine.

Looking forward to helping you make your favorite wine this fall!