Our Chenin Blanc harvest was slated for Indigenous People's Day, October 14. We sent out an SOS to all of our friends and crossed our fingers. Early in the morning of October 14th, Mother Nature "gifted" us with a little shower. Some of our friends who could, showed up at 7:30 to help us unnet the 12 rows that we wanted to harvest. By the time 9:40 rolled around, the nets were out of the way and we were set to harvest.
Here is a picture of the crew before harvest began, including photos of harvesters who came to our Auxerrois and Chardonnay harvest:
Here is our harvest in photos:
By the time noon rolled around, all 12 rows of grapes were harvested! In our eyes, this was simply amazing! There was a little break for lunch.
Then it was back to work picking up the filled lugs and putting it on the pallets to transport the harvest to Jonathan Edwards for weighing and pressing.
A group of people who had trucks volunteered to haul the pallets for us, so a line of trucks formed to receive the shrink wrapped pallets with the precious cargo of Chenin Blanc.
As we put the pallets on the truck, the skies cleared and it became a beautiful day. Also, as the trucks left, the drivers left with them so when it came time to put the last pallet in our truck, there was just one stalwart person left to help:
Then it was time to shut the container door! Done! Boom!
We couldn't have done it without the help of everyone who came, from the early birds who put up the netting, to all the people who harvested, to the volunteers with trucks! We thank everyone for all of their efforts in bringing in our harvest!
Next blog, "Weighing In and Pressing at Jonathan Edwards".
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