It is harvest time in the Barossa and this morning we watched our neighbour machine pick four rows of Petit Verdot. The picking is staggered depending on the readiness of the grapes and they can either be machine picked or picked by hand.
Our neighbours have 28ha of vines and many different varieties. They also have 27 varieties of table grapes which we have been lucky enough to try.
I feel lucky to be able to see the workings of a vineyard...now I just need the wine education!
Hi Maz,
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That's so cool that you get to see a grape harvester....i didn't even know such a machine existed! Well, why not?
ReplyDeleteHow do the grapes taste off the vine? Are wine grapes much different to fresh produce grapes?
We are enjoying the white seedless ones that are on offer at the moment.