Because we only make about 2500 cases and we as a family make it ourselves, we are usually done with harvest come mid-October. Harvest is hard but it is an energized time of year. When we talk to our kids and they ask about holidays or big events coming up it always goes in this order: HARVEST, Halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas. It’s up there in big ‘events’ coming up. The reality is that we start getting ready for harvest with the very first decision we make in the winter to prune. Very early on we start thinking about crop load, crop quality, and canopy management. We seed cover crop and prep for the growing season well in advance. Harvest is a culmination of everything we do during the growing season.