The sun is out and it's warming John Velletto's vineyard in Sonoma County, California.
Rows and rows of pinot grapes glint on the vine.
They're destined to be pressed, bottled and uncorked at holiday parties, or sipped after a toast.
What is your favorite wine?
Well, you know there I have I have three favorites.
So if it's a warm day,
it's our rosé of Pinot Noir's On a nice afternoon
if we're having a nice steak or something a great bottle of our 18 barrel Pinot And then
if it's just a gentle afternoon,
it would be our Teresa Chardonnay You're making me thirsty John.
It's making me want to grab a glass in the middle of my work day.
Probably not a great idea John is a second-generation Sonoma farmer.
He planted his first wine grapes in 1995.
Today, he bottles his own wine and also sells a lot of his grapes to other wineries.
Well, on a harvest day, you would find you'd see a pretty amazing sight.
We have multiple crews,
and they're picking and sorting the grapes and bringing them in so we can load them on the trucks,
get them to the winery before it gets warm.
Just a wonderful thing.
For years, John's wine business,