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Larkmead Vineyard / Photo by Bob McClenahan Once upon a time, Americans struggled to pronounce words like “Cabernet Sauvignon” and “Petit Verdot.” Might we struggle soon with “Manseng Noir” or “Arinarnoa”? For now, in Napa Valley, there’s no doubt that Cab remains king. In 2019, 64.6% of all red grapes harvested were Cabernet Sauvignon, with an average price of $7,941 per ton, the highest in history, per the 2019 Napa County Agricultural Crop Report. In that same report, no other grape even comes close to its 22,504 producing acres. Not Chardonnay (5,950 acres), not Merlot (4,072), and certainly not Pinot Noir (2,680). But Cab hasn’t always reigned supreme here. In 1966, the year Robert Mondavi built his Oakville winery, there were more acres of Carignan, Gamay, Zinfandel and Petite Sirah than Cabernet. ....
British Columbia - Wine Growers British Columbia has released its annual Vintage Report which reveals slightly lower yields and exceptional fruit quality for an exciting 2020 vintage. The Okanagan Valley experienced ideal summer weather which continued into the fall harvest providing a long growing season with lots of sun and low rainfall, contributing to exceptional quality of fruit with high concentration, ripe tannins and great natural acidity, along with the balance, complexity and freshness that will provide great ageability. “The tannins are beautiful, concentration unreal and the aromatics off the chart. A small quantity but delicious vintage,” says David Paterson, general manager and winemaker at Tantalus Vineyards. ....
February 04, 2021 Windsor, CA Enartis USA, a leading supplier to the wine industry, is pleased to partner with The Vintage Report, a global thought leadership symposium connecting winegrowers with the highest quality analytical insights of growing conditions, to host a webinar titled “A Vintage Defined by Heat Waves: Commercial Trials to Evaluate a Tool to Improve Vineyard Resiliency” held Wednesday, February 10 at 10am PST. It is often stated that vineyards are the canary in the coal mine for the rest of global agriculture. Some impacts are already being felt by grape growers with an overall reduction in vineyard resilience attributed to extreme weather conditions such as drought and excessively high temperatures. The 2020 vintage showed us how vine resilience was pushed to its extreme with more and more heat wave episodes in winegrowing regions across the globe. ....
The Vintage Report Launches its 2021 Program Online January 14, 2021 Napa CA. The Vintage Report, a global thought leadership symposium connecting winegrowers with the highest quality analytical insights of growing conditions, is proud to launch its 2021 program. This year the Vintage Report will be launching an interactive, all-online format. The technical sessions that the group normally conducts at its regional conferences will now be available online in individual, one-hour events. The Vintage Report will analyze data from around the world to develop a collective understanding of growing wine grapes in challenging climatic conditions. “Clearly 2020 was a difficult year in so many ways, but while there were many challenges, especially as it relates to climate, there are now many opportunities to learn how we can evolve in the future” says Vintage Report Global Director Mark Anderson. ....