Gianni Buonomo Vintners has just wrapped-up the biggest vintage ever at their new Ocean Beach winery. Just over 26 tons of grapes were fermented, pressed and put into barrels over a period of eight weeks. A couple of new varietals made it into the Gianni California line-up. Grenache from Amador County CA and Petite Sirah from El Dorado County CA…
Where is the 2017 Harvest? What happened? Most of the four tons of the organically grown, premier El Dorado County Petite Sirah earmarked for Gianni Buonomo Vintners was desiccated on the vine. During the five consecutive days of temperatures over 100 around Labor Day, the grapes just could not keep-up with the heat. They turned to raisins. “It’s been a…