by NovaCadamatre | Oct 7, 2018 | Finger Lakes Life, Vintage Notes, Viticulture, Winemaking
This has been an insane year. I haven’t had much time to post at all which I’m incredibly disappointed by. However, the 2018 harvest is shaping up to be a very interesting one. Over the summer, my family and I relocated back to Napa, California but we...
by NovaCadamatre | Jan 22, 2018 | Travel, Viticulture, Winemaking
This week the entire country decends upon Sacramento, CA for the 2018 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium. This is, by far, the largest wine focused trade show in the US. All the suppliers for anything having to do with grapes or wine are in attendance and one can easily...
by NovaCadamatre | Sep 13, 2017 | Viticulture, Winemaker 2 Winemaker, Winemaking
This month’s Winemaker 2 Winemaker interview focuses on David Parrish of Parrish Family Vineyards on California’s Central Coast. His story began with vineyard trellis work for icons of the Napa Valley such as Robert Mondavi, Bob Steinhauer and others....
by NovaCadamatre | Aug 31, 2017 | Travel, Winemaking
I have just returned from the last trip to China as part of the second Ningxia Winemakers’ Challenge. This final trip was so much fun because we were able to finally meet up with the other winemaker contestants, most of whom I had not seen since the first trip...
by NovaCadamatre | Aug 24, 2017 | Finger Lakes Life, Vintage Notes, Viticulture, Winemaking
Finally, it has dried out. I can walk in the vineyards and my back yard without worrying about sinking into a puddle. Since my last update we have still had several more storms however it has not been everyday and we have at last seen a return to sun which gave us a...
by NovaCadamatre | Jul 19, 2017 | Winemaking
Way back when I first started my blog, I covered the concept of ripeness. What is ripeness and what do different winemakers look at to determine ripeness? That was back in 2010 and I thought it would be good to cover the topic again given the almost 7 years in...
