Sidebar Ep. 145: When Heat Steals the Harvest: Wine's Wild Growing Season

Podcast: True Crimes Against Wine · Judge Topher, Judge Rachel, Champlify Media

Opublikowano: 2026-09-28

Hey — if you love wine (or just enjoy weather drama), this episode dives into how this summer's brutal heatwave upended vineyards around the globe. Short version: grapes ripened insanely fast. In places like Napa and Sonoma harvests wrapped in late August instead of October — some vines barely had a normal growing season because bud break happened late and then, boom, two months to harvest. That usually means riper fruit, higher sugars and alcohol, and a punchier, more "fruit bomb" style instead of subtle, old‑world finesse. Different regions will feel it differently: cooler spots like Willam...