"The 2022 started with bud break in early April, with a record breaking frost on April 15th. The spring and early summer were very cold and wet, and it was the rainiest spring in 80 years. Summer truly began in mid July. We had the hottest August and October on record for the region. Once we arrived at the lag phase, (the halfway point of grape ripening), we found we had a very large crop on our hands. We had to drop close to 50% in some vineyards to ensure ripeness at harvest. Due to the cool weather at the beginning of the year, we started harvesting a full 20 days later than in 2021, on September 26th. This was our biggest harvest ever, much bigger than we expected, and we didn’t finish picking until October 23rd."