US: North Bay vintners prepared for powerful rains

Oct 22, 2012

(KGO) - The powerful rain that hit the wine country could have caused extensive crop damage but grape growers were prepared. Trucks were lined up along Highway 29 all weekend hauling grapes off to be pressed. Grapes are going into the presses and the juice for another vintage in the Napa Valley is coming out the other end, on its way to storage. With the threat of the major rainstorm, growers stepped up production. With no time to follow the Giants playoff odyssey or check college football scores, the race was on. Picking has been going on nearly around the clock, "There's a lot of wine-making zombies walking around, so be careful. We've been running the last two to three weeks around the clock, seven days a week. Everyone's exhausted," said Director of Winemaking at V. Sattui Winery Brooks Painter told ABC7 News. And, they ramped it up this weekend before the storm

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