Grapes

September 22, 2007

Today I went to my first grape harvest! Once we arrived at the vineyard we looked at the wine cellar where the wine is made. There are these large crafts that are placed in the ground and filled with squeezed grapes and left to ferment for a given period of time, a couple to 10 years. Next we went out into the vineyard with our buckets and began picking the black grapes. It’s not like the grape bunches would just come right off the vine some of them you really had to pull hard and then you had smashed grape all over your hands! We helped picked grapes for a little while then we started with the “Harvest Supra”. (Picnic/Party) The table was absolutely gorgeous. There were tons of colorful foods and drinks. There was more than enough food to feed an army. It was like sitting down to a holiday dinner. The eating and the toasting lasted for several hours. I had a great time and I am sure that I will get to do it again very soon as it is the season for harvesting grapes right now!