We’re coming to the end of another long hot summer here. We have spent a lot of time in the swimming pool, and have cultivated lovely tans. The grapes are ripening and will be ready to pick in the next
Harvesting olives, bottling wine
Winter is here again. Today is overcast, misty,drizzly, and cold! However to date although we have had some very wet days during November, the weather has also been sunny and warm for some of the time. We have been doing
Making Aguardente
After the wine has been made the grape skins are pressed to extract the last of the juice. What remains is almost dry skins, these are bagged up and taken to a local still, where they are made into a
Picking grapes and making wine
Well it’s been a busy few weeks, we spent a full week helping our neighbours pick grapes, on a couple of occasions we were part of a group of 50 plus. We started work around 8am and finished mid-day with
Preparing for the harvest
More lovely weather, a little rain overnight, but we need it! Everyone here is getting ready for the grape harvest which will happen late September early October. When we have been out and about during the last week, we have
Warm weather continues
More weeks of lovely warm weather, with just a couple of wet days. Unfortunately this means the grapevines have to be sprayed, but in our case it only takes about an hour. Our grapes are looking much better this year