CALISTOGA, Calif.—Clusters of deep purple, red, and green grapes hang on acres of vineyards. At Napa Valley’s Castello di Amorosa, a castle winery, Veraison is in season again.
“Veraison” is the viticulture word to describe the transition from berry growth to berry ripening.
“The acid will start lowering, and the sugar content will be greater. And so then we look for an equilibrium between sugar, acid, and pH, and then we’ll pick the grapes,” said Dario Sattui, owner of Castello di Amorosa.
Sattui told NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times, that they grow their grapes across Napa, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties. They primarily make Italian-style wines….