Strange Vintage

Winemakers often use the word harvest to refer to the entire growing year.
Strange Vintage
Harvest starts when flowers appear on dormant vines, through the development of grapes during a long summer and leading into that frenetic two to three-month stretch when no one gets any real sleep. Patricia Elaine Thomas/Shutterstock
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Most Americans think the act of making wine is all about what happens during that hectic period when the grapes are being harvested, rushed to a winery, turned into juice, and fermented.

At that point, they think, wineries all slow down waiting for the new wine to settle down so it can be bottled.

Dan Berger
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