Andriana Duckworth of the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance has the low-down on the Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival, the longest running agricultural festival in California. We also find out that, in fact, the making of wine in Sonoma Valley during “crush” season of harvest does not entail an army of Italian girls in red skirts stomping grapes barefoot in barrels.
Duckworth also shares how the winegrape harvest in Sonoma Valley is a time of excitement and exhaustion as the farmers and vintners race to get the grapes off the vines and made into wine in the barrels. Did you know that Sonoma Valley high school has a program where ag students learn how to grow grapes that go into actual wines?
And finally – Sonoma Valley Traffic Alert – watch our for grape trucks on the road and please drive carefully!