just wondering when they harvest the grapes i would love to see the proses of making the wine dont think we could pick much
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grape harvest when is it ?
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That's a decent trip you having this time, didn't I read you are off next week?
The further south you are the earlier they will harvest the grapes, we found a great free temporary aire in Gan, near the Pyrenees a few years back, opposite the wine producing place (never did work out what that place is really called)
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It depends which region you are in. Area 66 is usually end of August, but in some areas it can be as late as early October. It all depends on the weather.
This photo was taken a very long time ago at the vendange in Roussillon, feeding the grapes into the hopper.
This photo was taken a very long time ago at the vendange in Roussillon, feeding the grapes into the hopper.
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bit of reading here, will use it ourselves, we go over on 15th Sept
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Grape Harvest & Festivals
The wine regions of France include Bordeaux, Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc, Beaujolais, and Provence. Each region is famous for its own kind of wine. Harvest season may start as early as August, but it peaks in the months of September and October and continues into mid-November (the season
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Six weeks David if it was not for two hospital appointments we would've had nine and a half weeks.That's a decent trip you having this time, didn't I read you are off next week?
The further south you are the earlier they will harvest the grapes, we found a great free temporary aire in Gan, near the Pyrenees a few years back, opposite the wine producing place (never did work out what that place is really called)
Tours, sales and great pizza and bakers next to aire
so looking forward to it
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Six weeks David if it was not for two hospital appointments we would've had nine and a half weeks.That's a decent trip you having this time, didn't I read you are off next week?
The further south you are the earlier they will harvest the grapes, we found a great free temporary aire in Gan, near the Pyrenees a few years back, opposite the wine producing place (never did work out what that place is really called)
Tours, sales and great pizza and bakers next to aire
so looking forward to it
there having very good ripening weather some will be starting early august i believe
bill
Many smaller vinyards have aires , most of which are free with no obligation to buy the products, but will gladly show you what they make and also supply tasting sessions, some of the wines can be purchased for around 5 euros, so a couple of bottles or so makes for a cheap over night . We once stayed on a vineyard aire in the middle of nowhere and the owner gave complimentary bottles of his own wines.
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september in our house think we wil have 25kilos easy this year but all we do with them is make grape jam cant even find a wine maker who wants them
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so are you helping for the harvest ?
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why not make your own wine its not hard to do
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Main reason is space no where we c an have buckets of mash around for months
Last year we were in Alsace 9-13th September and the harvest was in full swing - but it really depends on the weather. We were also in Alsace in September 2016 from 1st to 8th and didn't see any signs of harvesting going on at that time. As mentioned the further south you go,the earlier it tends to be.
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No Bill we found a stelplatz vineyard on camper contact in Bad Bergzabern, a beautiful and restful spot. ?
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Every year drinking a 2016 as we speak ?
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Hello !!!!! You have 25kgs of grapes and want to make them into wine ?
You have 2 choices with me. I can lend you the stuff (my press is broken though) or I could do it for you. Let me know if youre interested.
PS i am a complete amateur but have done it before and I suspect i may have a similar amount.
Hants surrey border or drop them off in Guildford
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