Harvest 2015

Yesterday, Saturday September 26, was harvest day for us. We couldn't have picked a nicer day with temperatures in the mid 50's at 7 a.m. with no breeze. Our picking crew arrived and we began the harvest of our Chenin Blanc. The early morning is a good time to pick grapes because the bees are not out, although it must be said that the netting we used kept all manner of flying insects away from our developing grapes so that they remained very healthy and intact.

From previous count, we know that we have around 360 bunches of grapes to harvest and 153 plants that are bearing this fruit. The plants are scattered in 17 rows so my husband drove his tractor while we followed and harvested two rows at a time. It took us from 7:15 to 8:45 to harvest the Chenin Blanc. In the photos below, my husband has picked out one of the Chenin Blanc clusters that grew with a wing.

Harvest, done!