Sunday 13th September – We woke up this morning to steady rain, and the prognosis did not look good. By the time we actually reached the bodega the rain had stopped, and then it became one of those horrible ‘judgement calls’. Do we start the ball rolling, and go for it, or should we err on the side of caution and lose a day of picking (knowing that there is very probably worse to come in a couple of days – the storm that I mentioned yesterday)? In the end we decided to opt out, rack a few tanks of grape must (after a period of settling), and then go home for a nice Sunday lunch!

With hindsight this was actually the wrong call, as, apart from one brief shower during the afternoon, it remained dry throughout the day. Oh, the joys of Galician weather!Sunday 13th September – We woke up this morning to steady rain, and the prognosis did not look good. By the time we actually reached the bodega the rain had stopped, and then it became one of those horrible ‘judgement calls’. Do we start the ball rolling, and go for it, or should we err on the side of caution and lose a day of picking (knowing that there is very probably worse to come in a couple of days – the storm that I mentioned yesterday)? In the end we decided to opt out, rack a few tanks of grape must (after a period of settling), and then go home for a nice Sunday lunch!

With hindsight this was actually the wrong call, as, apart from one brief shower during the afternoon, it remained dry throughout the day. Oh, the joys of Galician weather!