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
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
October Winemaking
The last month has just flown by, we have been so busy that I have not had time to update this blog! We spent most of our time either helping friends and neighbors picking grapes or working on the winemaking.