Spring came late to both Eastern Washington and the Sierra Foothills where I source my grapes. During the unseasonably cool spring, predictions were that harvest of some of the late ripening varietals would stretch well into November. In San Diego while preparing for a late and extended harvest, the sugar and pH of my Washington... View Article

Blaufrankisch is a wine with ancestry in Eastern Europe in what is present day Slovenia. How it got to Southern California is another story.