Submitted by
CellarRat on Tue, 2006-10-10 18:14.
a close-up of the decomposed sandstone soils of the Wentzel vineyard
One final Podcast before we head up to pick the Pinot 2.0 grapes. And, I actually expect the harvest date of 9/12/06 to stick this time.
Really, I do. No, seriously...
Click here to watch/download Pinot 2.0 Podcast #3, 2006 Growing Season Recap
TPT: 5:54
I talk with Casey Hartlip about the 2006 season in the Wentzel vineyard, and with Crushpad CEO Michael Brill about why you typically don't just pick wet grapes after a rain.
In this Pinot 2.0 Podcast:
Winter dropped buckets of rain on Mendo - about twice their average winter rain
After a cold spring things got off to a slow start but ideal growing conditions prevailed until...
Casey Hartlip discusses the heat spell that set records all over the state, and the temps, which reached 110 deg F in the Wentzel vineyard
Armed with enough water, the Wentzel Pinot vines bounced back, and caught up some from the late start with more ideal weather conditions going into October when early rains hit Anderson Valley
I talk with Michael Brill from Crushpad about how you deal with grapes that have been soaked by rain
Harvest was planned for early October but rains delayed us for a full week
Alan
