It’s been about a month since budbreak and the vines are coming along nicely. We started the growing season a couple of weeks behind due to cold temperatures and a really wet March. But the vines look great […]
So, while I’ve been gallivanting around the country showing off the Grand Reserve wines and leading seminars on blending, the vineyards have been quietly going about their work of preparing a new crop of wine grapes: budbreak […]
Earlier in the week Winemaster Randy Ullom took a trip down to Santa Maria to check out the grapes there. Harvest is getting closer (and starting in some cases) and he wanted to check in on our […]
At Kendall-Jackson we have a problem: our grapes are too good. That means there are lots different critters all interested in eating the grapes before we can bottle them. So that means we have to work a […]
Harvest preparation is well underway in Sonoma County. We are on the verge of starting to pick Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio, two of the earliest ripening varieties. Most grapes are 100% through the veraison process, which […]








