Harvest Update 2020 – Week 7
The sun is shining again in the Napa Valley. It feels so good simply to breathe in clean air. While we are finished with the harvest, and all of our grapes for the vintage [...]
Harvest Update 2020 – Week 6 10.3.20
This has been one tough week here in the Napa Valley. Early this past Sunday, a new fire erupted just north of St. Helena. Since then, it has burned the hills around both Calistoga [...]
Harvest Update 2020 – Week 5
This week's update was written and prepared before the wildfires began on the morning of September 27. While this is an ongoing, rapidly changing event, B Cellars is currently not under threat from the [...]
Harvest Update 2020 – Week 4
It's common for people to ask us, "When does harvest start?" or "Is the harvest early (or late) this year?" While we keep close records for harvest dates in each block of each vineyard over [...]
HARVEST UPDATE 2020 – WEEK 3
After a fast and early opening, the harvest season has settled down a bit. No sooner did we put the last press load of Sauvignon Blanc into a tank for a cold soak and [...]
Harvest 2020 – Week 2
The peaceful, summertime quiet of the winery and the crush pad is officially over. The great wall of half-ton picking bins stacked up along the edge of the pavement is back. The press has [...]
Harvest 2020 Begins
The 2020 harvest officially began for B Cellars on Friday, August 28. This is one of the earliest harvest dates in our history. Through the first half of August, it had been a picture [...]