Hand Picked Prime Pinot
Just about as fast as the harvesting machine
Just another 100 rows to go mate
A Birds Eye View
The processing plant
Grape timing
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 § 0
A whole year has passed since the last harvest and a lot of work has been put in over the year to manifest a whole lot of juicy grapes. That year of work and preparation comes down to a intense 3-4 weeks 24 -7 round the clock harvesting. This involves many task before filling up the bottles. What i learnt is, its all about timing, when to pull the grape off the vine, which is about the brix levels being correct ( you can google it). Each block of grapes ripen at certain times, which in turn keeps a contestant flow of grapes being processed and fermented, which in turn keeps every one busy some even busier than 12 hrs a day 7 days a week for a whole month. When the heat is off the grapes are off and its time to enjoy the new vintage.
Andrew, Anna and Nick, developing a plan for the next batch of grapes.
Brix
