And the prize for “cheesy grin of the week” goes to……Angela Martin

The famous Feijoo family – no, not a circus trapeze act, but one of our oldest and our best grape supplying family – and I do mean family – there are presently three generations actively delivering grapes to the bodega! Pictured above with Angela is Benito, delivering with his grandson on their tiny tractor (Angela is the one with the glasses). Benito’s son (not pictured) is built like a bull and unloads cases three at a time from their other, larger tractor. To give you an idea, three cases comes in at 60kg dead weight, and each load they deliver can be up to 1,000kg!

So, it finally looks like we’re on the home stretch as the back of this year’s harvest is broken, along with my own. We are racking more of the musts, and Angela is glued to her laboratory chair (probably with grape juice), analysing the musts of every single batch of grapes that enters our door. She seems very content playing with her chemistry set whilst we men do all the physical stuff. I’m sorry, did that sound sexist?