As always, we attack or vineyards in the order of ripeness, albeit that this year we do not have too many problems in this respect. As you can see from yesterday’s photo the fruit is wonderfully mature, and acid levels are exactly where we would want them to be. Our problems during the 2012 campaign have certainly not originated from the vineyard, and thankfully have been restricted to within the bodega itself. Speaking of which, the temporary repair to our cooling system is still working, and we hope that by tomorrow the new circuits will be ready to install. We have our fingers (and everything else) firmly crossed….

When we first looked out of our window this morning the skies were heavy and overcast – there had been a little overnight rain, but certainly not enough to cause us any problems. Within an hour or so, and more or less at the moment we started to pick, the sun broke through and the clouds disappeared over the horizon. The forecast reassures us that this will be the last of the bad weather for the next few days at least, by which time our harvest will be long finished. It’s all plain sailing from now on!

Our last grapes will be collected from our own ‘El Pazo’ vineyard. This vineyard is more or less split down the middle, into an upper part and a lower part. Every year the fruit in the upper part is always slightly more mature than the fruit in the lower part, and consequently the Pazo is usually picked at two different times. We picked the first part a couple of days ago, and will finish our harvest with the lower part.

Despite my prediction of yesterday, we did not quite make it to the end of the harvest on day six, but if it had not been for lost time, we might well have finished in five full days. The reason for finishing so quickly is the small harvest, and low yields, but more of that tomorrow.

As always, we attack or vineyards in the order of ripeness, albeit that this year we do not have too many problems in this respect. As you can see from yesterday’s photo the fruit is wonderfully mature, and acid levels are exactly where we would want them to be. Our problems during the 2012 campaign have certainly not originated from the vineyard, and thankfully have been restricted to within the bodega itself. Speaking of which, the temporary repair to our cooling system is still working, and we hope that by tomorrow the new circuits will be ready to install. We have our fingers (and everything else) firmly crossed….

When we first looked out of our window this morning the skies were heavy and overcast – there had been a little overnight rain, but certainly not enough to cause us any problems. Within an hour or so, and more or less at the moment we started to pick, the sun broke through and the clouds disappeared over the horizon. The forecast reassures us that this will be the last of the bad weather for the next few days at least, by which time our harvest will be long finished. It’s all plain sailing from now on!

Our last grapes will be collected from our own ‘El Pazo’ vineyard. This vineyard is more or less split down the middle, into an upper part and a lower part. Every year the fruit in the upper part is always slightly more mature than the fruit in the lower part, and consequently the Pazo is usually picked at two different times. We picked the first part a couple of days ago, and will finish our harvest with the lower part.

Despite my prediction of yesterday, we did not quite make it to the end of the harvest on day six, but if it had not been for lost time, we might well have finished in five full days. The reason for finishing so quickly is the small harvest, and low yields, but more of that tomorrow.