Knowing that the Sun would be shutting down, I asked editor Lisa Adams Walter if I could write a “Time to say goodbye” column. She said “Yes, I would welcome a ‘goodbye for now’ column; our final issue will be on May 21.” My response was, “Goodbye for now,” of course!” “For now.” Two words […]
Wine Grapes
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The Loose Cannon: Napa Valley Grape Harvest – 1960
Grape harvesting in the Napa Valley has changed a lot since 1960. For us, the 1960s was a period of change in harvesting grapes. We went from hauling individual redwood grape boxes to the winery to hauling the grapes in what were called grape gondolas. Assuming that Napa Valley was not the first to use […]