2009 harvest winemakers' blog

Skipping Sleep to Pick Pinot for Loring and Siduri

Got to pick in the early hours to keep the fruit cool for my friends
Posted: Oct 9, 2009 3:00pm ET
By Peter Cargasacchi

There's a big change in the weather coming next week, with rain forecast to arrive late Monday night. It looks like a potentially significant first storm of the season. Hopefully the only thing left on the vines by then will be a 2.5-acre block of clone 115 Pinot Noir that goes to the Loring Wine Company and myself.

It's been a very busy week harvesting Pinot Noir, during the night into morning, to keep the grapes cool.

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