Winetech Technical Yearbook 2022

DECEMBER

SHUTTERSTOCK

HOT VINEYARDS NOT THAT “VA VA” VOOM AFTER ALL

THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION OF VA VA VOOM IS THE QUALITY OF BEING EXCITING, ATTRACTIVE, OR FULL OF ENERGY. BUT WINEMAKERS IN NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTY, WHERE A RECENT HEATWAVE SAW TEMPERATURES SOARING AS HIGH AS 46°C, ARE CERTAINLY NOT EXCITED BY THE HIGH “VA VA” (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) LEVELS IN SOME OF THEIR JUICES THIS YEAR.

BY BERNARD MOCKE

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WINETECH TECHNICAL YEARBOOK 2022