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2024 Harvest Information
Beer & Wine Hobby is your source for the absolute finest grapes in Massachusetts!
9/9/24
The following will arrive this week:
- All Bella California Juice
- Lodi: Alicante, Barbera, Black Muscat, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache Noir, Pinot Noir, Petit Syrah, Pinot Grigio, Syrah, Zinfandel
- Mettler Ranch: Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel
- Teraldego
- Cash Discount available for all grapes and juice for 2024!
Order Early for the best grapes!
Check out our Harvest flyer here
Beer & Wine Hobby is your premier grape and juice provider. We now source grapes from the best California boutique vineyards – no one else in Massachusetts can make that claim.
In addition we offer many varietals from Lodi, California, especially our Caterina Old Vine Zinfandel, Caterina Cabernet Sauvignon and Caterina Merlot. These grapes are grown in red dirt and offer amazing consistent flavor year after year.
Cash Discounts are back – with no deposit!
Our cash discount program is back! We are passing on savings for cash orders. Call us at 781-933-8818 with your order; deposits are encouraged but not required.
Discount program:
- $1 per case of grapes
- $3 per bucket for all juices
You are also welcome to purchase on the website or visit our Danvers store to make your selection.
Mosti Fresco Delivery
We expect our exclusive Mosti Fresco juice will arrive October 11 and 18. As always you will receive a call prior to your order's arrival.
About the Boutique Vineyards
Mettler Family Vineyards
The Mettler family has been farming wine grapes in the Lodi Appellation since the late 1800s. As one of Lodi’s oldest farming families, they take pride in farming their vineyards both organically and sustainably. Integrity for the land along with responsible farming practices ensures that their wine grapes are of the highest quality.
Contra Costa
Located below Suisun Bay and East of the Oakland Hills, Contra Costa is the premier growing area for Italian varietal wine grapes. Many of the vines grown in this area are considered ancient. The Mediterranean climate produces wines with bold features and good color. The soil is deep and sandy, making the grapes fight for their water, only increasing the intensity of the fruit. Think big bold reds, with leathery notes, and supple tannins.
Washington State – Rattlesnake Hills
Due in large part to the clay-poor soils, the Yakima Valley is one of the few places on earth where European wine grapes (such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir) can still be grown on their own roots, also a factor generally associated with high quality. The shallow soil profile contains large chunks of calcium-caked gravel and calcium carbonate horizons called “Caliche”. In most areas, the caliche forms a conspicuous white layer under the topsoil that adds mineral complexity. The deep roots of the vines penetrate through the surface layer of loess, which averages 18 inches in thickness throughout most of the vineyard, and into the underlying calcium-rich substrate. This gravelly, high pH substrate forces the vines to struggle, an additional factor associated with
high quality grapes and wine.
In the Yakima Valley and its sub-AVA, Rattlesnake Hills, the surface layers of vineyard soils are based primarily in loess, which is mostly wind-deposited silt and fine sand derived from the sediments of the ‘Missoula’ ice age floods. The content of the soils consists of a mixture of minerals derived from both the local basalt bedrock and the granite and limestone of northern Idaho and Montana. Most of the soils are classified as silt loams (mostly Harwood-Burke, but also Weihl and Scoon), which are low in clay. The low clay content creates well-drained soils, encouraging the vines to root more deeply, a factor generally associated with high quality grapes and wines. It also creates an inhospitable environment for phylloxera, an aphid-like pest that feeds on the roots of grapevines.