Harvest time in Burgundy – most have started to pick the whites and a few are now starting on the reds.
It’s expected that most will begin picking the reds in the beginning of September i.e. in a few days.
The weather is lovely and the grapes are very healthy .. as healthy as 2009 some says … so the vignerons are very optimistic this year. As always .. healthy grapes is a very good thing indeed … but they do not necessarily yield a great vintage. We will have to wait until the wines are in cask and the malo completed to declaire the greatness of the vintage … but it’s a fine start indeed.