“by far the easiest harvest we've ever had. My dad is on his probably like 30, well, 33rd vintage. And he's never had such a simple. One because we usually get a lot of rain during harvest. … And so it's always a matter of like, is this going to rot? Are we going to be able to ripen it? How much crop are we going to lose? And then, like most wineries, you usually have some equipment failure, like your press is breaking down … For us, during the storms, we lose electricity, so we lose our cooling system.”
The Wine Makers on Radio Misfits · Food & Beverage · October 2026
Context
Comparing notes on the 2026 harvest, the Sonoma winemaker says it was the simplest his father has seen in about 33 vintages, and lists what usually goes wrong in a normal year.
Transcript
we're really happy. Really happy. And yeah, not much. Not much work. Not much work. Not much work on these wines.
That's what you were saying. You were like home. You actually saw the sun set at your house during this. Oh, it was
by far the easiest harvest we've ever had. My dad is on his probably like 30, well, 33rd vintage. And he's never had such a simple. One because we usually get a lot of rain during harvest. Yeah. And so it's always a matter of like, is this going to rot? Are we going to be able to ripen it? How much crop are we going to lose? And then, like most wineries, you usually have some equipment failure, like your press is breaking down, or yeah, the filter doesn't work. For us, during the storms, we lose electricity, so we lose our cooling system, you know, all sorts of fun stuff. This just
in climate change, good for the Gahu Kamiangasia.
At least this year.
Well, this year.
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