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Feature Article
Afternoon gusts in Carneros retard activity in grape leaves and dry the dew left by morning fog, inhibiting mildew and mold.
Carneros AVA -- The Sweet Spot
for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
by
Alan Goldfarb
September 28, 2007
It was in the early spring of 1992 or was it ’93? I’m not certain, but it was shortly before André Tchelistcheff, who I call the patriarch of California wine, died. On this day though, I walked Beaulieu’s Carneros Pinot Noir vineyard with the patriarch. The wind was hollowing off of nearby San Pablo Bay, as it is wont to do there. It was blowing so hard that when André happened upon a vine that was a few weeks into budbreak, he discovered that one of the young, thin shoots had been almost torn away by the wind.
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