Hail storm in the vineyard in June in Sonoma

June 13, 2017

Written by Ken Wornick

Backed by over 25 years of wine vintages, Ken is the author of these blog posts, and the founder and winemaker for his 11-acre Sonocaia Estate Winery which includes the Sagrantino vineyard, plus honey bees, chickens, vegetable gardens, olives, fruit orchards, composting, creek restoration, and many other farm and ranch projects.
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The weather on Sunday got a little crazy in Sonoma as a rain and hail storm raced across from Bennett Valley and Kenwood in Sonoma to St Helena in the Napa Valley. Even during the last three very bad drought years, we almost always get a brief spite of rain around mid-summer, often close to the solstice. Here is a short 10-second time lapse video Hail June 2107, viewed from above some olive trees, as the storm moved from west to east. Kenwood is in the far background…

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