30 September 2017

Soggy Vendange

one of Philippe's brothers driving the tractor

Yesterday was a beautiful warm and sunny day.  We lunched outside on the terrace with our friends and spent the afternoon lounging in the sun and chatting.  This morning we awoke to torrential rain (Paul and Rick got very wet on their early walk).

Philippe’s vendange went ahead regardless of the weather.  We wonder why he didn’t choose to pick the grapes yesterday when the sun was shining.  We can only speculate that the date for the vendange is set in stone and Madame Mas’, the matriarch of the family, would have prepared a special harvest meal for the occasion.  They didn’t pick a huge crop, thanks to the late frost, but there were quite a few healthy looking bunches that went into the cart.




(Apologies for the quality of the photos but it was raining!)

 

10 comments:

  1. Perhaps he didn't have the help yesterday and so they went ahead today because it was all laid on for it to be today. If it is just a small place could be not too important anyway. I put off a log delivery because the weather forecast was bad and it has been beautiful and sunny all day.

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    1. Yes, you're probably right about the help.

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  2. At least the rain won't damage the grapes like it would a field of hay. Too cold here to sit outside for lunch...and the wasps have been awful this year.

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    1. We have a few wasps and hornets about but not too bad. We had to cut our own eating grapes down early to keep them away.

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  3. Lucky that there was a crop to harvest; many have nothing. I used to really enjoy the grape harvest, sadly none of my neighbours now have vines!

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    1. I was surprised they had any at all, but certainly a much diminished harvest.

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  4. I'm sad the girls have left. Glad to know Sarah is back at home well and safe.
    It was a lovely warm, sunny day here yesterday; this morning it is raining - I have noticed whatever weather you and Cro have, we get it the day after.
    Greetings Maria x

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    1. It's a grey and damp day here and the house feels very empty.

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  5. The French need to grab every opportunity they can get to show off their sexy rain gear.

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    1. I was fascinated by the fact that it was all matching.

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