In late July, the grapes are undergoing colour change (veraison). The beginning of the harvest is scheduled for late August. After the beneficial rains of July, we expect the sun of August.

We still benefit from an exceptionnally fine weather. The weekly soft rainfalls allowed the grapes to grow.
The State of the vine is perfectly healthy.

The unusually warm spring causes an excessively rapid growth of the vine. This requires us to do the works of the vine in a short time. Currently our team is very busy with the tying of the vines.

We must also replace the dead vines with new plants.

In addition, the vine is in full flower, and therefore the harvest will be very early, around the 15-20 August. There are 90 days on average from the flower to determine the harvest date.

As every year, we welcomed about 400 people from the region to make discover our 2010 vintage wines.

As usual, Pif's Jazz orchestra animated the party.

Quick tour in Washington, with wine tastings in the very nice store opened by our importator Peter Weygandt, in the neighboorhood of Woodley Park.