This week the red wine harvest has started.
Finally, one could say as it is only the third time in the last 30 years that the red wine harvest begins in October.
This is mostly due to the very rainy and variable weather in April and May.
This caused the blossoming to spread over some two weeks instead of normally two or three days.
As a consequence of this the grapes are very unequal in maturity : on one grape you can see mature raisins, still green ones and on the other hand already dried ones.
The harvest started on the lower terraces which are the terraces around Mas de l'Houvande. First day : Wednesday, October 3rd.
Some pictures taken from our garden.
