Bees are mean

Market price for grapes right now is 200 CVE a kilo...so about 2 bucks

Bringing in the grapes

The smell of yeast is the only thing in the air right now!

When you are a small winery in the middle of the atlantic, you get creative...They put these cushions on and then keep them wet to make sure the temp is ok.

It's harvest time and Cha is buzzing with activity right now, and not just with scary mean bees! (haha ok, i am done being corny). The beginning of wine season has started and everyone is out in the fields picking grapes and bringing them to the winery to sell. I spent yesterday learning the ways of the small winery and seeing the total process. I followed the grapes from their trip from the field to the de-stemer, to the presser, to the barrels where the sedement seperates and finally to the fermentation barrels. they will sit in the barrels for about 3-7 days before being transfered again where they will remain until filtered and made into the delicious bottle i drink with dinner. The one major pitfall i see in winemaking is the attack of the bees. I got stung 3 times yesterday while throwing grapes into the de-steming machine...ouch

here are a few pics.