(Wines&Vines) - After a summer of widely favorable growing conditions, farmers and vintners across the Paso Robles AVA face the effects of a prolonged Labor Day heat wave followed by unseasonal humidity and rain, all of which may force a squeeze on limited labor resources. 

“I feel like it’s a tale of two harvests,” said Jordan Fiorentini, vice president of winemaking and vineyards for Epoch Estate Wines in Paso Robles’ west side York Mountain AVA.