Brief report about Harvest 2010

On the 11th day of harvest, here I leave some comments about the current situation:

• the weather is good, dry and clear, with temperatures between 20º to 30º – still okay to swim in the Douro river
• day after day musts are showing deeper and deeper colors – best indicator is the skin of my hand, which is getting black
• during the first days, grape juice tasted like strawberries, now is tasting like blackberries – one day it will taste like good Port Wine
• the winery is getting full of grapes and there is a lot of work to do – my sister told me she doesn’t want to hear about orders, at least, until after Christmas
• so far trucks, vans and cars are running good – only one tractor had a flat tire
• we haven’t received visits from other producers in the last days – this means many people are already harvesting
• yesterday my 2 years-old niece wanted to try same grapes from the vines around the winery, but she didn’t find very sweet – here is the scientific explanation why not to harvest these grapes before October

Oscar