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Harvest Club Wines: For most wineries, September is harvest time. The actual harvest date depends on the rain cycle and the temperature. Winemakers will go out daily to check the BRIX, or sugar content, of the grapes. A rain around harvest time can literally dilute the grape flavor, as the water from the rain soaks into each grape. Featured Wines...

Harvest Club Wines: August in the Vineyard is continual Veraison for all of the berries! All the little green berries slowly begin to change colors depending on grape variety. Some from green to yellow, to pink, to purple, to even black!! This color changing is due to the chlorophyll in the berry skin being replaced by anthocyanins (red wine grapes...