I need to research the origin of the expression ‘Indian Summer’, but in the meantime I can tell you that we are having one. It’s kind of ironic that after a poor summer here in Galicia, we now find ourselves bathed in warm sunshine – in October! Average daytime temperatures so far this month have been around 25-27°C (77-80°F), with not one single drop of rain in sight – to be honest, we’ve barely even seen a cloud.

Meanwhile, back in the bodega, we can almost start to relax a little, as the last few tanks reach the end of their alcoholic fermentation. As always it’s been a long, slow process, with monitoring on a daily basis – 7 days a week (unfortunately the yeast doesn’t take weekends off). We have yet to make the final analysis, but it looks like there will be no malolactic required in 2011.

The other development is that I have finished our annual vintage report, and this can now be found on the download page of this website. Great bedtime reading!

I need to research the origin of the expression ‘Indian Summer’, but in the meantime I can tell you that we are having one. It’s kind of ironic that after a poor summer here in Galicia, we now find ourselves bathed in warm sunshine – in October! Average daytime temperatures so far this month have been around 25-27°C (77-80°F), with not one single drop of rain in sight – to be honest, we’ve barely even seen a cloud.

Meanwhile, back in the bodega, we can almost start to relax a little, as the last few tanks reach the end of their alcoholic fermentation. As always it’s been a long, slow process, with monitoring on a daily basis – 7 days a week (unfortunately the yeast doesn’t take weekends off). We have yet to make the final analysis, but it looks like there will be no malolactic required in 2011.

The other development is that I have finished our annual vintage report, and this can now be found on the download page of this website. Great bedtime reading!