[:en]Of course, like all Brits, I have an obsession with the weather – sad but true. It must be something in our DNA. Having said that our current weather is really something to talk about. The weather pattern is that there simply is no weather pattern, this winter has been totally unpredictable. If you needed to summarise the story so far, possibly the only statement you could make is that it has been wet and exceptionally mild. We have largely escaped the penetrating cold, damp conditions of a typical Galician winter, which is a relief in one way, but maybe not for our vineyards. Winter is the time for them to recover, in readiness for the next growing season.

The most unusual feature of this winter (and more particularly the weather we have at the moment), is that we are experiencing changes on more or less a daily basis, sometimes even within hours. One day wet, the next sunny, one day warm, the next cold, one night down to 4°C, the next 10 or 12°C. To say that it is unpredictable is really something of an understatement. Of course we are not alone in all these odd conditions as other parts of Europe (more especially in the west) have also experienced some fairly extreme weather over the last few months.

Let’s see what the summer of 2016 brings us….. a perfect vintage I hope!

 [:es]Of course, like all Brits, I have an obsession with the weather – sad but true. It must be something in our DNA. Having said that our current weather is really something to talk about. The weather pattern is that there simply is no weather pattern, this winter has been totally unpredictable. If you needed to summarise the story so far, possibly the only statement you could make is that it has been wet and exceptionally mild. We have largely escaped the penetrating cold, damp conditions of a typical Galician winter, which is a relief in one way, but maybe not for our vineyards. Winter is the time for them to recover, in readiness for the next growing season.

The most unusual feature of this winter (and more particularly the weather we have at the moment), is that we are experiencing changes on more or less a daily basis, sometimes even within hours. One day wet, the next sunny, one day warm, the next cold, one night down to 4°C, the next 10 or 12°C. To say that it is unpredictable is really something of an understatement. Of course we are not alone in all these odd conditions as other parts of Europe (more especially in the west) have also experienced some fairly extreme weather over the last few months.

Let’s see what the summer of 2016 brings us….. a perfect vintage I hope![:]