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Jun 29, 2022 · Napa Valley Vintners noted a 20% to 30% increase over average crop volumes in 2018. This dramatic increase in crop load caught a lot of growers by surprise, but not because of the amounts of bunches. Growers reported an increase in cluster weight of around 20% or more in 2018, taking most by surprise and throwing off yield predictions.
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The Vintage of a Lifetime In 2023, Napa Valley experienced one of the longest growing seasons in a decade or more. With consistent, mild weather throughout the season, above-average crop yields, and extended hang time, 2023 is an exceptional, high-quality, memorable vintage. Winter and spring rains led to full reservoirs and healthy, saturated soil...
The Tale of Two Harvests Winemakers are calling the vintage “the tale of two harvests,” making it one of the more unique vintages in recent history. The white wine harvest kicked off in early August, followed quickly by red wine varieties. With climate variability as the new normal, Napa Valley grape growers aim to be resilient and adaptable. Their...
The Joy is Back The 2021 vintage will be remembered for low yields with intensely-flavored, small-sized berries and a smooth and uneventful harvest season. The season started off with very little rain, leading to the 2nd year of drought conditions in Napa Valley, Harvest began early with white wine grapes picked on July 30th and red wine grapes beg...
Despite the Challenges, the 2020 Vintage will not be Absent from the History Book The 2020 season will be remembered for factors beyond the normal measurements. Here in the valley, it was a warm, dry winter and we didn't start to see rain and cold weather until the end of March. While the mild spring season gave us a great early start, the wineries...
A long, warm summer and mild finish to the season The beginning of the 2019 growing season was defined by copious rainfall and late soil moisture. The long, warm summer saw very few extreme heat events, with foggy mornings setting the stage for vibrant and expressive wines. The long, relatively mild finish to the season, not without its moments of ...
Seamless season of heavenly hangtime and phenomenal phenolic development February saw abundant rains, followed by lots of filtered light in spring and early summer. Both bud break and flowering occurred a bit late, but under ideal weather conditions, creating plentiful and even fruit set. Summer brought generous sun during the day and cooler marine...
Mother Nature throws curve balls; winemakers catch them The year began with abundant rainfall, followed by a mild Spring resulting in extended flowering with little shatter. A Labor Day weekend heatwave kicked harvest into high gear, then cool weather allowed sugar levels to return to normal. By October 8 nearly 90 percent of the 2017 grape tonnage...
A near-perfect growing season The near-perfect 2016 growing season started early, saw ideal weather conditions throughout and wrapped up as the valley's first significant fall rainstorm arrived on October 14. Thanks to a relatively steady and mild July and August and then a series of warm days at the end of the growing season, vineyards were able t...
Vintage will be remembered for high quality, but low yields The 2015 growing season in Napa Valley started out with unseasonably warm temperatures in the late winter and early spring. This resulted in an early bud break and bloom. Colder temperatures in May (during the peak of bloom) caused uneven fruit set which ultimately resulted in much smaller...
Early harvest yields high quality wine grape crop In spite of the drought and the South Napa earthquake, vintners are using words like “quality,” “depth of flavor” and “excellent” to describe their expectations for the 2014 vintage in Napa Valley. Many are also noting “perfect weather,” “abundant crop” and “good fortune” among the blessings they ar...
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Feb 1, 2022 · This year, Kalra introduced a second bill, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11, which would have used $163 billion in proposed new taxes to pay for the single-payer plan under AB 1400.
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Nov 4, 2019 · In 2017 and 2018, California experienced the largest, most destructive and deadliest blazes recorded in the state’s long history of wildfires. When last week began, fires had burned about 75,000 ...
2020 →. The 2019 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California as part of the 2019 wildfire season. By the end of the year, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, 7,860 fires were recorded, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land. [1]
Feb 1, 2022 · One prominent Democrat who did not express support for AB 1400 was Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ran for office in 2018 on a platform to create a single-payer system in California but has since distanced himself from that pledge. During a press conference in January to unveil his budget proposal, Newsom reiterated that he believed “the ideal system ...
The remaining returns processed during 2020 were for late filed 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 returns. For the YCTC, all the returns processed in 2020 were for tax year 2019, because this was the first year of the credit. 1) Returns Claiming the CalEITC and YCTC At t. he end of . process year 2020, a total of $720 million of the CalEITC was allowed on
