Why Winemaking Is Still Human
Want to guess what 3.3 million means to me as a winemaker?That’s not the number of grapes rejected this year by the optical sorter on our crush pad.Thanks for reading Elias's Substack!…
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Want to guess what 3.3 million means to me as a winemaker?That’s not the number of grapes rejected this year by the optical sorter on our crush pad.Thanks for reading Elias's Substack!…
Read postWe’re already on day three of harvest and at 4 a.m. we started picking clusters of beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon from one of our most historically important vineyard blocks.In the early 1970s, John…
Read postToday is the first day of our 2025 harvest at Shafer Vineyards, here in Napa Valley. We brought in 12 tons of gorgeous Merlot. Tomorrow, we expect to pick Chardonnay from our…
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