by Cassie Sandrini | Dec 20, 2018 | News
Wow! What a ride that was! As the winemaker for Agajanian Vineyards & Wine Company, I get to see it all – from early ripening grapes in the Central Valley to Cabernet Sauvignon in the North Coast. Our first grapes were in on August 9th and the last crush was...
by Cassie Sandrini | Sep 12, 2018 | News
The end of summer is fast approaching and while harvest has started in some parts of California, not much has moved in the North Coast yet. So, before everything gets crazy, we’re offering some great deals on 2018 winegrapes with reduced prices while they last. Take...
by Cassie Sandrini | Jul 17, 2018 | News
Rick Aldine, North Coast Grape Manager Summer salutations everybody! We’re a month into summer and just a couple weeks away from the onset of Veraison. I feel that it’s been a relatively mild summer with longer periods of lingering fog and temperatures in the mid...
by Cassie Sandrini | Jun 25, 2018 | News
Rick Aldine, North Coast Grape Manager Crop estimates remain inconsistent. Some vineyard sites have set a large crop, some sites shattered pretty heavy and crop size is below normal. Many sites are still going through bloom. Generally, the crop potential seems to be...
by Cassie Sandrini | May 17, 2018 | News
Rick Aldine, North Coast Grape Manager We’re halfway through May and the 2018 vintage is definitely late by at least 2 weeks. Pre-bloom crop estimates are all over the place and it’s still way too early to guess the relative size. Newer vineyards and especially...
by Cassie Sandrini | May 1, 2018 | News
Rick Aldine, North Coast Grape Manager April… always a challenging month for Growers. Tax time, contract renewals, frost watch, mildew spraying. Most NorCal vineyards have now emerged from dormancy, some areas with late varietals are still at pre-leaf stage, others...
