Not only has it been a rough year in the vineyard, high rainfall , cloudy weather, mildew, but when we thought we may pick a few bunches what happens! Wasps, ( insect type not human) thousands of them, everything looked fine nice round bunches of grapes suddenly an attack of European wasps' .They swarmed from bunch to bunch pumping dry every grape leaving but an empty shell. Whole rows just disappeared in a matter of hours. So who said growing crops was a piece of cake, But to end on a more positive note the sugar content was an unbelievable 22% sugar. I fear we shall have to drink the few bottles salvaged with great care lest we finish up like the proverbial Chinese sage in his tea house.
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Can't wait to taste a drop of this vintage!
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