The 2022 harvest is starting out very similar to the 2021 harvest with Bergman Family Winery, Keenan, Schweiger, Smith-Madrone and Spring Mountain Vineyards and Stony Hill all finishing their whites by Sept. 2.
The Schweigers will also have finished their Pinot Noir. Unfortunately, nature has thrown some curve balls at us. Those rains in late April and early May that were so welcomed by the vines caused serious set problems, resulting in very short crops of Chardonnay, Riesling and some Zinfandel.
There is good consensus that the Cabernet Sauvignon crop looks uniformly terrific with good even color, good normal-sized bunches and a slightly larger crop than normal.
Written by Stuart Smith, Smith-Madrone Winery, published in Napa Valley Register