Harvest 2015: Picking of the whites

The harvest of the white grapes has just started this morning, a few days before the theoretical date calculated by the moment of flowering. It must be said that since June, we have had the most fantastic weather, very hot and dry in June and July, fortunately a little cooler in August: the dry conditions came back about 10 days ago, and it seems they’ll be here for a long time yet. Of course, such conditions are ideal! They are the main reason for the rapid increase in the sugar content in the grapes as well as a drop in their acidity, and thus for an acceleration in the ripening process.