Rather a question of when than if …

Around midday today - ominous clouds on the horizon

It is not a question of whether it’s going to rain but rather when.  Ciaran is trying to get all the grapes into the winery today as rain is forecast for tomorrow and that won’t be a good thing as rain at this late stage will ultimately dilute the wine (as happened in 2002).

Clouds started out dark this morning but there is quite a bit of blue sky as I’m writing this (about 5 in the afternoon).

We have been extremely fortunate that the last three weeks have been mostly rain-free (we did have a couple of showers but it was followed by some wind that dried out the vineyards and kept mildew and other diseases at bay).  All-in-all we can’t complain and the grapes we’ve taken in have been of very good quality.  I recall that with the 2003 harvest it started raining while we were still busy crushing the last bin of the harvest – maybe we’ll see a replay this year?