Our 2019 Chenin Blanc Harvest occurred on Monday, October 14. We had a convoy of trucks that took our harvest to Jonathan Edwards where each pallet was weighed.
Pallet Number
Gross Weight
Pallet + Lug Weight
Net Weight
1
894
146
748
2
829
151
678
3
844
154
690
4
869
154
715
5
864
147
714
6
465
85
385
The weighing and processing of the grapes happened over two days. The first three pallets were done on Monday, October 14 and then last three pallets were done the following morning on Tuesday, October 15. When all was weighed the total weight of the harvest came to 3930 pounds, just a little shy of 2 tons!
After the pallets were weighed, the whole cluster grapes went into the press that Michael had set up. What was interesting was that after one turn of the press to even out the load, many of the berries had fallen off of the rachis!
The juice just flowed from the press in no time at all!
We thank all of our friends who transported the harvest to Jonathan Edwards Winery and the crew at Jonathan Edwards for being there to help us with the weighing and pressing of our first big harvest of Chenin Blanc!
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