– In the vineyard as in the cellar, summer complicates the harvest
The harvest will be very early, with the lot of problems that this generates. Report in the Aubonne vineyard, at the bedside of the thirsty vines.
Posted today at 06:24
“It’s the month of September that makes the harvest”, they say in the vineyard. “There, it’s the month of August!” corrects Rodrigo Banto, oenologist at Cave de La Côte. Indeed, the various winegrowers interviewed plan to pick the first grapes this week already, and to begin the bulk of the harvest around August 29, ie three to four weeks ahead of the average for the decade.