During the harvest, which is obviously quite physically demanding and therefore very tiring, we like to try to keep a smile on our faces as much as we can. Sometimes it is very stupid, slightly infantile things that keep us happy, such as this sketch of a grape picking Sponge Bob on our blackboard.

On the wall of our pressing room we have an enormous blackboard, where we keep an informal record of every pressing that we make before it is transferred on to computer. This is where our cartoon character made his appearance (I removed the reference to Angela before I took the picture as a mark of respect!)

On a more serious note, after a wait of two days (one day of rain showers and one day of drier, brighter weather), we eventually ventured back into the vineyards. In an effort to do a bit of catching up we used every resource to gather grapes as quickly as possible, and before lunch time had even arrived, we already had both presses working flat out. 

This early momentum was carried throughout the day, and by the early hours of the morning the last few presses of the day were already being prepared. Our super human effort had paid off, and we ended the night with a very repectable total of kilos under our belts.

During the harvest, which is obviously quite physically demanding and therefore very tiring, we like to try to keep a smile on our faces as much as we can. Sometimes it is very stupid, slightly infantile things that keep us happy, such as this sketch of a grape picking Sponge Bob on our blackboard.

On the wall of our pressing room we have an enormous blackboard, where we keep an informal record of every pressing that we make before it is transferred on to computer. This is where our cartoon character made his appearance (I removed the reference to Angela before I took the picture as a mark of respect!)

On a more serious note, after a wait of two days (one day of rain showers and one day of drier, brighter weather), we eventually ventured back into the vineyards. In an effort to do a bit of catching up we used every resource to gather grapes as quickly as possible, and before lunch time had even arrived, we already had both presses working flat out. 

This early momentum was carried throughout the day, and by the early hours of the morning the last few presses of the day were already being prepared. Our super human effort had paid off, and we ended the night with a very repectable total of kilos under our belts.