Here in the Napa Valley harvest is over, the leaves on the vines are turning from green to golden brown, and the wines from the 2024 vintage are now resting safely in barrel. We made it!

I hope this message finds you healthy, happy, and enjoying the warmth of summer. This most recent heatwave has certainly accelerated the growing season in the Napa Valley, which could also spark an earlier start to harvest.

This is Mike Tracy, Director of Winemaking for Trois Noix. With all the activity happening on the ground, I wanted to give you a first-hand account of what we’ve been up to in the vineyards and winery.

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”

– Marilyn Monroe

“It’s not that pain equals art, it’s that creativity has the power to look pain in the eye and decide to turn it into something better.”

– Susan Cain,
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