Wine Harvest 2024

News from our winery have been rather sparse this year. But there is a reason for this. Never before have our vines sprouted so early, starting to grow at the end of March. Since then, we’ve just been chasing after their development. Until now! Because we began the grape harvest on August 22 and are currently in full swing.

That’s only 2 days later than the earliest harvest we’ve ever had (2003), and if the summer hadn’t been so hot and dry, it could have been a week earlier even. Global warming is clearly noticeable. 40 years ago the harvest was in October and we were wearing sweaters instead of walking around barefoot in shorts.

We would prefer a later harvest for reasons of time and temperature. But the fact is that fruity, fresh white wines make up an important part of our product range. And for this we have to harvest the grapes before they become too sweet, otherwise the wines would be too strong. So this means going into the vineyards early every day picking grapes before it gets too warm. If things continue like this, we will soon have harvested all the white wines. The reds, on the other hand, can stay out a little longer and ripen a tad more.

This year’s harvest will definitely be finished early. Maybe then we’ll get back some of the time we’ve been missing all summer.