November 24, 2014 – Fall color is fleeting

I spent the day in Napa Valley and was fortunate to find that much of the brilliant foliage was still clinging to the vines, but not all of it.  Most of the vines lost up to half of their leaves in last Thursday’s rain and wind event, suggesting that the fall-color peak was last Wednesday.  With the brilliant sunny weather we are enjoying this week, now is your last opportunity to take in this spectacle of color.  Many of the younger vineyards were already stripped of their leaves, but those that still had leaves were shimmering in the low afternoon sunshine.  Grab a camera and head up there.

The view from the deck at Miner Family Vineyards



Half-naked vines bask in the autumn sun at Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards