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| Photo courtesy myyosemite.com |
Worried about buying or using grapes that
might have smoke taint from the Rim Fire?
El Dorado grapes don’t seem to be affected.
Bob Clarke, whose 12-acre Latrobe Vineyards
is 15 miles SW of Placerville, notes:
“We are not having any problem with smoke in the Latrobe area. Our only
bad day was on Tuesday, otherwise we have had very little smoke. We finished
harvest of our Sauvignon Blanc on Monday so that is past us. Zinfandel to go
yet but we should have no problem with smoke affecting our Zinfandel.”
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| Primitivo at Shaker Ridge |
Elizabeth Standeven of Shaker Ridge Vineyard,
located in the town of El Dorado which is 4 miles SW of Placerville (or 38
miles NE of Sacramento), says, “I am hopeful that the smoke will not be
enough to taint our wines. It has been a heavy lingering blanket some days, but
most days it has blown off fairly quickly in the day. Based on our experience
in the past with fires closer to us than the Rim Fire I am not expecting any
problems.” Shaker Ridge grows Barbera, Primitivo, Tempranillo, Touriga Nacional, and Tinta Cao.
Greg Baiocchi of
Baiocchi Family Vineyards, located in the Fair Play region of southern El
Dorado County, declares, “We really have nothing to worry about at this point
as the amount of hours where smoke to grape skin contact has occurred thus far
has been minimal in El Dorado County.” Baiocchi Family Vineyards grows Tempranillo, Mourvedre, Syrah and Grenache.
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