Shoot Thinning in the Vineyard: Spring 2025 Growing Season

In this brief video, winemaker Kristof Nils Anderson walks the tiny one-acre PELLA Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley vineyard on a beautiful May day during the 2025 growing season. Kristof explains how he and his crew thin shoots, and he talks about the most important part of his job as a winemaker: sculpting the vines.

Since taking over the farming of the vineyard three years ago, Kristof has brought back the natural world in full force—you’ll notice weeds, insects, and birds—by farming organically. As he has made improvements to the vineyard, the fruit quality has consistently improved. Walk with us through the vineyard rows as Kristof reads the vines and talks about future growth.

It's spring 2025, and Napa winemaker Kristof Nils Anderson walks the rows of the vineyard he farms organically for PELLA Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley.