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I’ve heard of this for frost prevention, but never rain. Do you know of a specific vineyard doing this?

• throwup238 2y ago
  Napa and Sonoma vineyards have been doing it for decades: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/vintners-rush-to-dry-grapes-helicopters-being-2829662.php https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/vintners-rush-to-dry... (dated 1997) It’s pretty rare though. They usually only do it when it rains heavily right before harvest.
  • amoshebb 2y ago
    parent comment said “every time it rains”… this article and your comment make it sound “pretty rare”.
    • tonyarkles 2y ago
      I could certainly be wrong about the timing. I’m definitely not a grape growing expert by any means, I mostly know about it from being in the UAV world and having had some discussions about replacing the helicopters with drones for getting the water off.