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2025: An Optimal Vintage for Whoever Is Buying
If this year is defined by a singular emotion, it’s anxiety. That’s nothing new in farming, however I’m talking about anxiety over the abysmal grape market rather than any natural ph
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TAC-Box by HotSpot AG: Transforming Vineyard Operations with Smart Solutions
HotSpot AG founder James Nichols lived the daily challenges of farming when he returned home to Hanford after his UC Davis graduation. His family tasked him with implementing a water budget for irriga read more
What Does a Prolonged Heat Wave Mean for the Vintage?
We are wrapping up a particularly hot July. The last time I had to write about heat stress was 2022, so this year seems to be making up for 2023’s persistent coolness. We all remember 2022. We h
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It Was the Best of Vintages, It Was the Worst of Vintages…
Yesterday marked the official end of the growing season and what a season it was, amiright?? 2023 has proven to be polarizing. For some growers and winemakers, this was a remarkable year for quality,
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We Need to Talk... About the 2023 Growing Season
This year has been a little weird. We got a lot of rain and up until recently it’s been markedly cold. How different is it though? One thing I like to keep in mind is that the last few years hav
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Ciatti California Market Report, September 2022
September brought an intense heatwave to much of California, with a ‘heat dome’ – a high-pressure system that creates and then encases heat below it – locking in a week of temp read more
