The harvest arrives…. as does the rain!
agosto 26th, 2026 | Bodega
This year’s growing season has been interesting to say the least. Hailstorms, drought, fire and now rain (I think that we are still missing a plague of frogs to complete the set!). With all the heat and sunshine this year we had already anticipated that this year’s harvest would be early, and so, perhaps only […]
Fire!
agosto 16th, 2026 | Bodega
Apart from only one or two isolated showers over the last two or three months there has been no significant rainfall at all this summer. Of course, this means that our local fields and forests are all tinder dry, and in a very dangerous state. Despite warnings from local government (including overhead gantries on our […]
Flowering done!
junio 4th, 2026 | Bodega
After the catastrophe of hail about a month ago, the second half of May provided us with more favourable conditions. After a dry, warm sunny fortnight during the second half of the month, our flowering passed off without further incident. Now that we have fruit set, we are perhaps seeing some of the side effects […]