Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on May 06, 2018
by Kerana Todorov
Napa County residents and other visitors on Saturday headed to vineyards they see every day but do not stop by. They were invited to take part in “Afternoon in the Vineyards,” an event Napa Valley Vintners and Napa Valley Grapegrowers sponsor every year.
Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Apr 26, 2018
by Garrett Buckland, President, Napa Valley Grapegrowers
2018 marks the beginning of the 50-year anniversary of Napa County’s Agricultural Preserve — the first of its kind in the nation. This landmark set of zoning laws, which encompasses AP and AW lands, established agriculture as the highest and best use of the land in Napa County.
Click here to read the complete article in the Napa Valley Register.
Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Apr 17, 2018
by Henry Lutz
The dull roar heard in the distance before dawn Tuesday morning was not helicopters or an invading army of locusts, as some Napa Valley newcomers might have feared.
It was the sound of grape vines surviving the night.
With recent nighttime temperatures approaching freezing and the threat of frost looming over budding vines, Napa Valley growers have turned on their wind machines — devices that stir the air, thwarting potential damage to young, tender shoots in the early weeks of the growing season.
Click here to read the complete article in the Napa Valley Register.
Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Feb 22, 2018
by Jane Firstenfeld
Bay Area, Calif.—The Feb. 15 announcement that grapevines had broken bud in southern Napa County might have seemed like a boast to non-farmers. In fact, it sounded an alarm not just in Napa but throughout Northern California vineyards.
After a record dry and relatively warm winter dormant season, the early bud break—followed by persistent sub-freezing temperatures—forced some grapegrowers to switch from passive to active frost-control measures.
Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Feb 22, 2018
by Henry Lutz
Napa County’s grapegrowers are working to shield their early-waking vineyards from an extended frost threat, while coping with a lack of rainfall during what are typically the wettest months of the year.
Pushed by weeks of abnormally warm weather, vineyards in the southern Carneros region have begun to stir weeks before the typical onset of bud break – the appearance of shoots that will eventually yield grapes.
Click here to read the complete article in the Napa Valley Register.