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Harvest Came Early This Year!
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Harvest Came Early This Year!

Harvest Came Early to Sonoma Wine Country!

The 2026 harvest is underway—and in our 26 years here, we’ve never seen it start this early.

One of the pleasures of living in Sonoma County is watching the seasons unfold in the vineyards. Budbreak arrives in spring, tiny clusters flower and set, grapes soften and change color during veraison, and eventually the trucks, picking bins and vineyard lights signal the arrival of harvest.

This year, those lights came on remarkably early.

Many Sonoma County wineries began picking grapes in late July… MORE

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