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4th Of July

Hello Winemakers,

We hope you are having a great summer! Have you enjoyed any fun summer wines or wine experiences? We would love to hear about them! Below we have our 4^th of July Hours, a quick Fall Harvest Report, and information on our Free Online Bench Trial Class this week. We hope you have a wonderful 4^th of July weekend and look forward to seeing you soon!

4^th of July Hours:

Friday June 30^th:   8:00AM-12:00PM (1/2 day)

Saturday July 1^st:  CLOSED

Monday July 3^rd:   CLOSED

Tuesday July 4^th:  CLOSED

Quick Fall Update:

We are working hard to prepare for the fall. The crop is looking to be of normal size. The heavy rainfall we’ve had out West has resulted in very nutrient-rich vines and exceptional skin quality. The California crop was on pace to be about 2 weeks behind this year, but some good weather has pushed that up a bit. Good news from the Lanza team, they have introduced a new box that will hold up better during transportation and the new design will allow for an increase in airflow!

The Washington State is also looking good. We expect it to harvest about 1-2 weeks earlier than last season. We have a new vineyard coming online from Washington. It is called Candy Mountain, one of Washington States' newest AVA's. The Candy Mountain vineyard is a south-facing slope that sits just southeast of the Red Mountain AVA. At nearly 900 acres, it's also the smallest AVA in the state. With outstanding growing conditions, it is expected to produce rich fruit-forward grapes with nice minerality and tannins. We are excited to be bringing this new vineyard to market this season.

Unfortunately, as New Englanders are aware, New York and New England crops were hit with some frost this Spring. If you are interested in NY State juices, please contact Christina as soon as possible. There is little supply due to the frost damage.

We will have more updates coming soon regarding the fall.

Winemaking Classes:

Our next Facebook Live/Zoom class will be Thursday, June 29th at 7:00PM. Join us for our class about How Bench Trials are used to test a product to determine if it will help your wine and the best dosage to select. The class will be held via Facebook Live & Zoom. Make sure to log in and watch as we chat at 7:00PM EST on Thursday, June 29th.

Zoom Link:  Zoom
Facebook Live: How do you access Facebook Live? It’s easy. Go to Musto’s Facebook Page on the given date/time, and Frank’s class will automatically pop up on your screen. There you can ask questions in real-time. We hope you enjoy this series and look forward to bringing you more information to help you make your favorite wine!

Don’t forget that you can always access Frank Renaldi’s online classes via our sister site WinemakingInstructions.com.

Winemaker Hours:

One of our on-staff Winemakers -Sam Lee will be in the store and available for questions on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:00AM-2:00PM (with the exception of Friday June 30^th). If you want to speak to a winemaker in person, make sure to stop by and see Sam! You can also email him at winemaker@juicegrape.com.

We hope you are having a great summer!

Cheers!

Christina & The Musto Crush Crew

Musto Wine Grape Co. / WinemakingInstructions.com

cmusto@juicegrape.com