Monday 14 July 2008

La Vendemmia- it must be October

 
October is one of the busiest months of the year in the small rural village of Codiponte in northern Tuscany. It's time for La Vendemmia - the yearly grape harvest and all hands are put to work to pick the ripening fruit.
 
It's hard work and all eyes are on the weather - if it rains then this year's vintage may be ruined. The harvest is completed over two weeks, and with no rain the new year's vintage is pressed and safely stored away until next year.  
 
It won't be until autumn however, when the first of this year's vintage is bottled, that we will really know how good a year it has been. 
 
For now La Vendemmia e andata bene - Salute!

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