With harvest bringing the grapegrowing season to an end in Napa Valley, the crux of the winemaking process has shifted now to the winery, as grapes come in daily and are crushed in the first steps toward the finished wines of 2018.

But even as activity slows in the vineyards once the year’s fruit has been plucked, growers are already laying the groundwork for the 2019 vintage of Napa wines.

“It’s amazing how much we’re already thinking about 2019 before we’ve even got the crop in,” grapegrower Caleb Mosley said. “But you have to. If you don’t, you’re already behind schedule.

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