A day in the life of a harvest:
The day starts early, as the grape containers have to be spread out on the vineyards before the harvesters arrive.
At 7:00AM the harvesters begin to arrive, at 7:30AM the picking begins.
Tractors, vans and staff travel around the vineyard in a bustle of cutting, selecting and transporting boxes to vans that will take them to the winery.
In the cellar, everything was already prepared first thing and they are ready to receive the grapes.
Once arrived and weighed, the grapes are placed on the sorting table where leaves and damaged grapes are removed so that only the perfect grapes follow their path towards the destemmer and the press.
The wine-making team is very active, each one very aware of their role during this hectic day. Starting machines, selecting grapes, measuring must parameters – densities, probable degree, acidity, sugars, washing, sanitation etc. etc…
Halfway through the morning, we stop for breakfast, the cellar does not stop, so each person takes turns to eat.
The press starts but the team knows that they have no rest; they must carry out the transfer of the musts from the previous day, check the progress of the fermentations, filter the must lees, carry out analysis and more analysis…
12:30: the harvesters stop for lunch and take the opportunity to fraternize with songs and jokes.