After saying that we don’t get too much frost here in Galicia the last week or two have seen early morning temperatures either at, or just below freezing. Quite naturally these cold nights are accompanied by clear skies, meaning that during the day we have enjoyed wall-to-wall sunshine, with temperatures of around 11-12°C (52-54°F).

In one way these conditions constitute the prefect conditions for pruning (and I’m sure that our team working in the vineyard are very thankful for that), but as always there is also a slight downside. The problem is that the winter so far has been very, very dry, with hardly any rainfall whatsoever since the turn of the year, perhaps just one or two odd days with a bit of drizzle, but nothing more. As I have said before, we simply need more water to replenish the water table.

The forecasters say that we will have rain tomorrow, but if I remember correctly they said that yesterday, and, as you can see from today’s photo, they were wrong!