Well, fall is here.  We're into a cycle of weather where we come near a frost at night (we've actually dropped below freezing a couple of times) and then rise up into the 70s and 80s during the day.  It's Paso Robles at its most spectacular. One result is that we're having perfect conditions to finish harvest with (we expect the last grapes to come in today).  The second result...

The cool and wet weather at the end of last week and the beginning of this week has temporarily halted picking. The light rain has washed some of the dirt off the grapes, and we’ll be ready to bring in more grapes as the weather remains dry.  At this point, we have approximately one third of the grapes in the winery. Meanwhile, in the winery, we have begun pressing the Syrah. After fermenting...

We took a break from harvesting late last week to let an early band of cool, wet weather pass.  Parts of the Central Coast received significant amounts of rain (even some big thunderstorms) but at Paso Robles we received a more moderate 0.2" over Thursday night and Friday morning.  It cleared up, though staying cool, over the weekend, and we are looking forward to a full week of sun and warm...

The weather is beginning to cool down a lot so all the picking is starting to slow down.  From the week of September 3rd (when we had warmer weather) the whites from all around us and the reds from ... .  That lasted to the week of the 10th when we hit some cooling weather and things came to a stop ... .  The grapes from St. Helena northward were on the edge of being ready, so the warm weather pushed...

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Before and during the harvest, we check every day, every hours the weather. It could be our best or worst friend. It's for what we are very proud of our new weather station. Now we could survey the weather from the heart of the vineyard of Beaucastel, directly on our computer.   In real time we could check the temperature, the precipitation, the relative humidity, the wind speed, the wind...

England has been having some freaky weather recently. A hot, dry April, and a cool and seriously wet May have confused plants. A violent hailstorm shredded my courgette plants in a ten minute burst. It looks like the years crop may be lost, or at least seriously reduced. I'd never really had a view of what one hailstorm could do to a vintage, but this courgette leaf left me thinking about how...

Hey gang! I'm a little under the weather right now, so I'm taking a day or two off from any serious blog posting. Don't worry - I've already got most of Friday's Event Listings post created, so that will go up no matter what. I know that's why most of you are here. ;-) Also, my apologies to those who receive the feed via email. Yesterday it was rather wonky and I'm not sure why. The two new...