After an energetic start to the 2011 campaign on Monday, we have now come to a grinding halt – the weather refuses to play it’s part. The stop-start periods of rain prevent us from re-starting the picking as the fruit has no chance of drying between the showers. It’s very frustating….

Having cleared our desks in anticipation of the harvest we now find oursleves with little to do, except sift our way through the various weather forecasts. Unfortunately this is not helping too much as every one of them seems to come up with a slightly different prediction. In the circumstances all we can do is sit, watch and wait.

We did at least make it into the local paper on Tuesday, as they reported our exploits in our Castrelo vineyard of the previous day. Indeed, we did rather well with several photos and a full page spread. All free publicity is very welcome!

After an energetic start to the 2011 campaign on Monday, we have now come to a grinding halt – the weather refuses to play it’s part. The stop-start periods of rain prevent us from re-starting the picking as the fruit has no chance of drying between the showers. It’s very frustating….

Having cleared our desks in anticipation of the harvest we now find oursleves with little to do, except sift our way through the various weather forecasts. Unfortunately this is not helping too much as every one of them seems to come up with a slightly different prediction. In the circumstances all we can do is sit, watch and wait.

We did at least make it into the local paper on Tuesday, as they reported our exploits in our Castrelo vineyard of the previous day. Indeed, we did rather well with several photos and a full page spread. All free publicity is very welcome!