Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Jun 02, 2016
By Register Staff
An early bud break followed by warm weather and spring rains brought a rapid start to this year’s growing season in Napa Valley. Tiny flower clusters emerged from grapevines marking the bloom period in which grapevines become pollinated and fertilized allowing these flowers to eventually become grape berries.
Posted in Press Releases on May 31, 2016
Napa, CA (May 31, 2016) – An early bud break followed by warm weather and spring rains brought a rapid start to this year’s growing season in Napa Valley. Tiny flower clusters emerged from grapevines marking the bloom period in which grapevines become pollinated and fertilized allowing these flowers to eventually become grape berries.
Posted in NVG News on Apr 29, 2016
By Jesse Duarte
Organized by the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) and Napa Valley Vintners (NVV), Afternoon in the Vineyards gives neighbors the chance to ask questions and learn more about topics like local viticultural practices, the drought and water supply, land stewardship and the future of the Napa Valley wine and grape industry.
Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Apr 26, 2016
By Paul Franson
Napa, Calif.—Grapegrowers devote a lot of attention to water (hardly surprising in view of recent shortages in California), but most probably don’t focus as much on vine nutrition. While aware that plants obviously need minerals, growers also know that grapevines are relatively undemanding compared to most crops, and it sometimes seems that soil contains an unlimited supply. Nevertheless, the auditorium at Copia in Napa was filled by growers and winemakers at the Napa Valley Grapegrowers’ third seminar in this year’s series about sustainable vineyard practices, which focused on vine physiology and nutrition.
Posted in Industry News on Apr 21, 2016
By Todd Fitchette
Napa’s Valley’s famed wine region produced significantly fewer grapes in 2015, dragging with it the gross value of all grapes produced in the county by 24 percent to less than $550 million. That compares to the previous year’s record value of $718.9 million on over 174,000 tons produced, also a record. Average grape yields fell 30-32 percent compared to the previous year, with some growers reporting as much as a 50-percent decline in tonnage. Total tonnage of wine grapes harvested in Napa County fell 29 percent to just over 124,000 tons.