Idaho Grape Harvest

Always happy to talk with Moya Schatz Dolsby of the Idaho wine commission because she is fun to chat with. I wanted her to take on this years grape harvest. The 2019 grape harvest We're calling this the tale of two harvests because it's the fruit that came in before the frost and the fruit that came in after. And it definitely got cold pretty darn quick. In October there, which was too bad because definitely not everything was in. But we're finding something for just like agriculture. Some things were OK in certain areas and other things were not. I don't necessarily think it's going to be a stellar red year for us for some of those late ripening varieties like Cabernet. But we're just going to kind of have to wait and see how it shakes out. Right. And the crop yields were definitely lower. We had a bigger crop last year. We had a really good growing season. Is just this frost kind of bit us. We definitely didn't have many days over 100. There's definitely more. The summer wasn't as hot, which as a person was great, but we didn't have as many heat degree growing days.

If you're a person, that's very good. But if you're a grape, you'd like it a little hotter. That's what you're saying.

Yes, exactly. That's a good quote. I crack myself up.

Yeah, that's a very good quote to crack me up, too. That's why I call it.